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  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Discouragement: Running From My Past

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
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    Jacob like us, runs from his sins. special thanks to Randy Stonehill, the best old time Christian rocker. Don’t let sin steal who God made you to be.

    Keep Me Running…From The Sins I Can’t Erase, once you compromise your soul…your lost in the desert. We face times in our life when we are discouraged and despairing because our future seems so uncertain. Life may be falling apart as a result of our own wrong decisions (like Jacob in our Scripture) ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Nearer, My God, To Thee Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Twitchell on Dec 7, 2006
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    When we are most in need of a "Close Encounter with the Divine," is when we should look for God to build a ladder to us, that we might experience His grace and guidance.

    Texts: Genesis 28:10-22 Date: Sunday, July 21, 2002 Author: Rev. Jonathan K. Twitchell Last week, we watched Esau trade in his birthright for a simple bowl of red stew. Overcome by hunger, he gave into his selfish, deceitful younger brother Jacob and traded the double portion of his father’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    A Call Back To Bethel

    Contributed by Al Edmonds on Jan 2, 2006
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    God has not limited His presence of activities to a building or to a calendar.

    Jacob, Abraham’s grandson, had a life-changing experience at Bethel (House of God). He had a vision of a staircase reaching into heavens with the angels of God "ascending and descending on it" (Genesis 28:12). The Bible said that he called the name of that place Bethel, "the house of God" ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Jacob's Night In The Hardrock Motel

    Contributed by Charles Holt on Aug 19, 2001
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    When Jacob finds himself alone with his pillow a stone he has an encounter with the Lord. We talk about being "between a rock and a hard place" and how we can triumph even when things are tough.

    Charles W. Holt email: cholt@gt.rr.com JACOB’S NIGHT IN THE "HARDROCK MOTEL" Genesis 28 Just this week I have had two separate individuals on two separate occasions tell me, when speaking of their trying circumstances and having to make tough decisions, "I feel so alone, I feel I have no one to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Sound Speech

    Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 4, 2005
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    How could anyone ever love someone like Jacob? Is spite of who you are, what you have done right, what you have done wrong, God has not given up on you!

    THE BETHEL EXPERIENCE INTRODUCTION: We have studied in detail the ups and downs of the Old Testament family of Isaac, Rebekah, Esau and Jacob. Perhaps we feel fortunate we don’t have the kind of problems they had. Or maybe some of us wish family could have been more like them. I want to look ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Kenneth Trent avatar

    Jacob's Three Meaningful Journeys

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Jul 20, 2003
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    Jacob assuredly had many journeys in his long and eventful life...but none more meaningful than the three set forth in this brief outline.

    JACOB’S THREE MEANINGFUL JOURNEYS "And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: ’I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac’…Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, ’Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.’ And he was afraid and said, ’How awesome is this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    See The Vision Series

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 57 ratings
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    sermon on stewardship written with help from wels study

    January 12, 2003 Genesis 28:10-22 10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. 11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • David Yarbrough avatar

    Too Blessed To See God

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jan 28, 2001
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    The greatest spiritual discipline is to continually be focused on God, and His blessings are what make it difficult

    1/28/2001 Golf immortal Arnold Palmer recalls a lesson about overconfidence: It was the final hole of the 1961 Masters tournament, and I had a one-stroke lead and had just hit a very satisfying tee shot. I felt I was in pretty good shape. As I approached my ball, I saw an old friend standing at ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Experiencing The Presence Of God

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 16, 2000
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    How con I experience God’s presence on a more consistent basis?

    We are going to look at a section in the life of Jacob, Genesis 28, as we look at experiencing the presence of God. How many of you would like to have more of God’s presence in your life? Tonight I want to show you some principles and then next week how to live in the presence of God and then ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    12 Steps To Heaven

    Contributed by Lindeal Greer on Jan 6, 2001
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    about climbing a ladder to heaven

    12 steps to heaven Gen. 28:10-22 I. Come and seek God De 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. Mt 7:7 ¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Things Are Not What They Seem

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 16, 2004
    based on 101 ratings
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    If we are to understand what is happening around us, we need: 1. New eyes to see. 2. New ears to hear. 3. A new heart to believe.

    We have just read about a man named Jacob who checked into what some have called “The Hard Rock Hotel.” He had a vision which turned his ordinary world into the extraordinary. He saw something that he had not seen before, but which was there all the time. He would never have believed it in his ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Leaving A Spiritual Inheritance

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 29, 2003
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    God gave Jacob a powerful dream and an impressive promise. But Jacob didn’t deserve either. What he received, he received because of a spiritual inheritance for a greater man of faith.

    OPEN: During the Persian Gulf War, a soldier was assigned to go to Saudi Arabia. As he was saying good-bye to his family, his three-year-old son was holding on to his leg and pleading with him not to leave. "No, Daddy, please don’t go!" he kept repeating. We were beginning to make a scene when my ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Trusting God's Providence

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
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    Trusting in God’s foresight, wisdom and care reduces stress

    Unit 9 – Family Lesson 24 – Jacob’s Journey to Haran – Genesis 28:1-22 Preparation for the Teacher 1. Aim: To lead the children to understand how to trust in God’s providence (His foresight, His timely care and His generous kindness). 2. Explanation of the Aim: Jacob put conditions on his trust ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Karl Eckhoff avatar

    The Gate Of Heaven

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on May 12, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
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    Death is viewed a lot of ways by different people, but for us as Christians it is nothing less than the Gate of Heaven.

    Genesis 28:17 The Gate of Heaven 04/12/03 It wasn’t too long ago I was snooping through some boxes that I had long packed away, and found one of those little electronic games I used to play with when I was a teenager. Maybe you had one – a Mattel hand held football or baseball game – with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    "The One Stairway To Heaven"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 16, 2002
    based on 56 ratings
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    The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is the only Lord.

    Genesis 28:10-19 “The One Stairway to Heaven” By: Rev. Kenneth E. Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA “There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold and she’s buying a stairway to heaven. When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed, with a ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist