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  • Rik Wadge avatar

    Jacob And The Blessing Series

    Contributed by Rik Wadge on Dec 2, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 26,210 views

    Part IV of a six week series demonstrating how God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

    Story: The phrase “God Bless you” is said to have been originated by St. Gregory the Great, in the year 594 AD. +He appointed a formal prayer to be said to people who sneezed. At that time it was believed that the air was filled with dangerous impurities and that those who sneezed violently were ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • David Smith avatar

    Jacob Wrestles With God - A Reflection On Genesis 32

    Contributed by David Smith on Dec 21, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 23,401 views

    Father Dave’s Sermon on wrestling with God. Real growth experiences always involve struggle and pain. And so Jacob, at the turning point of his life, wrestles all night with a dark and shadowy figure by the river Jabbok. He struggles. He fights. He is wo

    "Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. (25) When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. (26) Then he said, "Let me go, for the day is breaking." But Jacob said, "I ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    What Is Your Name

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,584 views

    Discovering your name sometimes requires experiences of dark nights and aloneness. God must test our behaviour. He pushes us to see things that are not good for us, things that must change. He loves us far to much to leave us to our destructive behaviour

    The unknown author of the following story captures the value of a name. “After the American Civil War the managers of the infamous Louisiana Lottery approached Robert E. Lee and asked if he’d let them use his name in their scheme. They promised that if he did he would become rich. Astounded, Lee ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • David Smith avatar

    Jacob Wrestles With God (Genesis 32:24-30)

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 28, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 22,778 views

    Jacob, our Father in the fight, squares off against the Almighty on the field of combat....

    "Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. (25) When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. (26) Then he said, "Let me go, for the day is breaking." But Jacob said, "I ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Wrestling With God

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Aug 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,202 views

    As a Christian, it is a good thing to question, to seek; the key is to ask good questions and seek out good sources for your answers; most notably, the Bible.

    Wrestling with God, Genesis 32:22-31 Introduction Once a Hasidic teacher told this parable; a man had been wandering about in a forest for several days, unable to find the way out. Finally he saw a man approaching him in the distance. His heart was filled with joy. Now I shall surely find out ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Sherm Nichols avatar

    Wrestling With The Father…and Winning! Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 19,943 views

    God desires for us to wrestle with Him in order to shape us into the people He wants us to become

    I don’t have some clever fact or story or joke to start this sermon. Nothing can top the text itself: Genesis 32:22-32 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Touched By God

    Contributed by Phillip Krueger on Nov 25, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,048 views

    God wrestles with Jacob to make him stop running and deal with his problems.

    TOUCHED BY GOD [Genesis 32:22-32] FCC 8-24-08 1. Hidden treasures: a) June 6, 2003—A National Geographic team working with Iraqi and U.S. military authorities recovered one of the greatest archaeological treasure troves of all time. • A vault was discovered below the Central Bank in Baghdad, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Spencer Homan avatar

    Wrestling With God (Battle Of Wills)

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,689 views

    This is a sermon that begs the question... who’s will are we REALLY following?

    Genesis 32:22-32 22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • David King avatar

    Jacob To Israel: Wrestling Bout Of Destiny

    Contributed by David King on Apr 17, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,581 views

    Believers are in a process of "evolution"- what I call the process of transformation from glory to glory. The Lord designs and expects that the Church be dynamic in experience and operations. Abram to Abraham, Jacob to Israel. One of the ways of practica

    JACOB TO ISRAEL: WRESTLING BOUT OF DESTINY PROFILES OF STRIKING BIBLE PRAYERS 1. JABEZ. The Prayer of Jabez seems to have worked at "the snap of the fingers". There is no record of the time and place where this prayer took place. “And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rommel Samaniego avatar

    How To Change For The Better

    Contributed by Rommel Samaniego on May 2, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,211 views

    Based on Rick Warrens book, Answers to lifes difficult Questions, i added the illustrations and made it into a sermon

    HOW CAN I EVER CHANGE? GENESIS 32 Get attention by : Whats’ a sermon worth—3 sermons, 1,000 hk, 15 mins, 400 hk 30 mins, 50 HK (2 hours) lets all stand and ask the ushers to circulate the offering plate and know what sermon you would like to have today. Most of us want some change, in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Daniel Johnson avatar

    No Sneezing For This Blessing

    Contributed by Daniel Johnson on Mar 18, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,652 views

    This sermon uses the story of Jacob fighting the angel of Yahweh to show how we as Christians should strive for God’s blessing.

    This morning we are going to look at the life of a man who was nothing more than a deceiver. We are going to examine his life, to learn how his life changed for the better. We are going to find out how Jacob received a blessing from God that completely changed his life. This morning I pray that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Danny Moss avatar

    "Touched By An Angel"

    Contributed by Danny Moss on Jan 17, 2002
    based on 147 ratings
     | 14,875 views

    This message concerns Jacob’s encounter with God.

    TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL Text: Genesis 32:24-32 Introduction- Hebrews 13:2 tells us "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." Most of us would probably be astounded if we really knew how involved God’s angels are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Landry avatar

    God's Protection And Answered Prayer Series

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jan 19, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 10,025 views

    We continue to study Jacob’s walk as he returns to his homeland. God’s host meets Jacob just as he finds out some unsettling news. Esau is coming towards him with 400 men. Let us see the steps Jacob takes to prepare for this and in the process becomes

    God’s Protection and Answered Prayer DBF 1/20/02 Genesis 32 Protection of God in our time of need Purposeful Prayer in our lives Purposefully striving for God’s Perfect will Have you ever found yourself in a situation that is beyond you, without any true means within yourself of getting ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Tuck avatar

    Wwf (Wrestling With The Father)

    Contributed by Paul Tuck on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 250 ratings
     | 30,549 views

    Ok, Ok, you’re probably wondering what the title of this sermon is all about. Well, the letters “WWF” don’t stand for the World Wrestling Federation. They stand for Wrestling With the Father. And today’s message is about a man who did just t

    Ok, Ok, you’re probably wondering what the title of this sermon is all about. Well, the letters “WWF” don’t stand for the World Wrestling Federation. They stand for Wrestling With the Father. And today’s message is about a man who did just that. Jacob wrestled with the Lord. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Randy West avatar

    God's Favorite House Part 4: The Importance Of His Name Series

    Contributed by Randy West on Mar 13, 2002
    based on 117 ratings
     | 20,047 views

    Whatever you name is tonight it can be changed to Child of God. Names are important. What’s your name tonight?

    God’s favorite House part 4 The importance of His name Text Genesis 32:24-32 The importance of a name can easily be understood when we look back to the early 1980’s. In that time frame a new revolutionary diet control candy hit the market. The candy was gaining popularity nationwide and was ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God