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  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Take Up The Challenge And Do The Will Of God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 6, 2019
     | 4,128 views

    In this age, when Christians of all kinds are being ridiculed, harassed and threatened in many different ways, we need to look at the martyrs of the past two thousand years and take courage.

    Tuesday of the 14th Week in Course 2019 Jacob ben Isaac was a cheat, a liar and a thief. You may recall from an earlier reading in Genesis that he lied, cheated and stole his older brother, Esau’s, first-born blessing. Then, wisely, he left town and took up with Laban, where he married two sisters ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    "Struggling With God"

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Oct 15, 2014
     | 8,535 views

    The sermon shares how we all struggle in life and with God.

    “Struggling with God” Genesis 32:22-32 WE are likened unto Jacob. Jacob had a situation where wrestled all night with an angel. Jacob struggled with God He had always had struggles • He struggled over a birth rate • He struggled with his brother and he conspired with ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Wrestling With God Series

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Mar 2, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,068 views

    Here, God empties Jacob of his NATURAL effort and teaches Jacob to trust Him completely.

    What images come to mind when I mention the word wrestling? For some, it is an image of a High school wrestling match. Others happily envision Dad wrestling with his son. And a few of us think of the theater of “professional wrestling” with Iron Rings of death and tag team death ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Big Ugly Family Confrontation: Lesson 4

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Sep 3, 2013
     | 981 views

    Confrontation is inevitable but necessary

    A. INTRODUCTION: GENESIS 32:1-33 1. What is a big ugly family confrontation? • When there’s money on the table, families fight • Dealing with kids; “My son” (Gen. 21:10), “My son” (21:11) • The house • Blame problems on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is Your Name

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,596 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

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    The Wrestling Match

    Contributed by James May on Aug 18, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,137 views

    Jacob wrestled with the Lord all night, until the breaking of the day. The lesson that many us need to learn is that we are all wrestlers, but the time must come when we must let God win or be lost. Our walk will forever be changed just as Jacob's was.

    The Wrestling Match By Rev. James May Jacob’s life had not been an easy one, but he had brought most of his problems upon himself. It had started from the moment he was conceived by Rebekah, after she became the wife of Isaac, who was the son of Abraham. Even in the womb there was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Āḇaq: Jacob Wrestles With God Series

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 15, 2022
     | 5,659 views

    Are you a fan of wrestling? I remember watching wrestling growing up. And I remember seeing a few fights during junior high and high school where people were wrestling. What happens when people wrestle?

    Are you a fan of wrestling? I remember watching wrestling growing up. And I remember seeing a few fights during junior high and high school where people were wrestling. What happens when people wrestle? They start fighting, and they inevitably end up on the ground, tossing up dust, spinning around, ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Jacob Wrestles With God Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jun 8, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,132 views

    Peniel was a place where Jacob reached brokenness. He lost all self-sufficiency and depended completely on God. This was a time for Jacob of genuine soul searching and spiritual struggle. It was also a significant time of knowing God’s grace.

    A profession of faith in Christ is not an end in itself. It is the beginning of a pilgrimage. Along the way there will be defining moments and spiritual highlights. For Jacob his defining moment was at Peniel. The meaning of Peniel is the face of God. Peniel was a place where Jacob reached ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is Dangerous Prayer? Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Feb 14, 2022
     | 5,103 views

    Dangerous prayers ask God to bless us by first breaking us.

    NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Beauty In The Broken

    Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Dec 19, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,827 views

    You can either choose to look at your scars as an ugly reminder of a painful past, or see it as evidence of your victory and of God’s grace.

    BEAUTY IN THE BROKEN “30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” 31 Just as he crossed over Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip.” Genesis 32:30-31. Jacob had a mysterious encounter with God. He wanted a change ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    When We Make A Mess Of Our Lives…

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 17, 2022
     | 2,454 views

    An extraordinary thing has happened in this passage of Scripture concerning Jacob.

    Sometimes when we get together with others and they tell us of some unusual thing that has happened to them, we feel almost compelled to share some unusual thing that has happened to us. Illus: For example, little Johnny was talking to a couple of boys in the school yard. Each was bragging about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jonathan Spurlock avatar

    Jacob-When He Wrestled With God Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Apr 1, 2022
     | 4,990 views

    If you have ever wrestled with anyone. you'll understand a little of what Jacob endured when he spent most of a night wrestling with an unknown Guest!

    Introduction: Jacob and his household had left the land of Laban and were heading back to his homeland. God Himself had told Jacob to do this (Gen. 31:3) and Jacob had obeyed. While on the journey, Moses wrote “the angels of God met” Jacob at a place he called “Mahanaim (Hebrew for “two camps)”. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Beam avatar

    What Does It Take To Be Transformed?

    Contributed by Chris Beam on Sep 11, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 19,958 views

    A look at the process God often uses in helping us to become the kind of people He wants for us to be.

    What Does It Take to be Transformed? Genesis 32:22-32 
Gladys Dunn was new in town and decided to visit the church nearest to her new apartment. She enjoyed the pretty sanctuary and the singing by the congregation, but the sermon went on and on. Worse, it wasn't very interesting. Glancing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan avatar

    Prayer Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Sep 30, 2016
    based on 3 ratings
     | 10,830 views

    Jacob wrestles with God to receive the blessings. He struggled and finally succeded in Life. Never give up until you get.

    Genesis 32:22-32 Success and Struggles in Life Genesis 32:29. I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. When Jacob offered this prayer when he was a wealthy and healthy man. He had the blessings of two legal wives and another two as a bonus, he had eleven children, (v.22). He is a foreign ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • David Taylor avatar

    Broken But Blessed Series

    Contributed by David Taylor on Oct 11, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 17,425 views

    The Patriarchs Broken but Blessed Genesis 32 For Jacob, like the rest of us, sin is a moral virus that is wreaking havoc in his life. God’s covenantal love and grace and mercy.

    The Patriarchs Broken but Blessed Genesis 32 David Taylor September 11, 2016 We are in the midst of our series, “The Patriarchs,” where we have looked at the life of Abraham, Isaac, and now Jacob. For Jacob, like the rest of us, sin is a moral virus that is wreaking havoc in his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational