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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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    Revenge: The Odds Of Getting Even

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
    based on 27 ratings
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    Revenge. Taking revenge will lead us to ruin – spiritually.

    Trucker is in a restaurant minding own business and a motorcycle gang begins to harass trucker. One in particular got right in his face. "Big man in the 18 wheeler, out of your truck you’re a wimp", he shouted, pouring coffee all over his food. Trucker pays his bill and walks out. The biker says ...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
    based on 29 ratings
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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
    based on 185 ratings
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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
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,867 views

    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

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    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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    Funny How Some Cry Even Me

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Jan 12, 2003
    based on 78 ratings
     | 14,371 views

    One cannot afford to be neglectful of Spiritual things!

    Funny How Some Cry Even Me There is a great danger that many in the church today are practicing.It is so dangerous that the bible warns against this very thing.This danger is one of peril and one of risk.It is the danger of becoming a "profane" person.The word "Profane" means to be unhallowed ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    See The Vision Series

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 57 ratings
     | 11,049 views

    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

  • Ron Hicks avatar

    Let's Get Back To Our Senses

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 1, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,915 views

    When was the last time that you sensed God’s presence in your life?

    LET’S GET BACK TO OUR SENSES Gen 28:16 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place ; and I knew it not. My heart is burdened this morning. I feel that we have allowed complacency to creep in. Maybe not on purpose, but maybe by carelessness. (too busy, too ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Tim Parsons avatar

    Missing God

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on May 29, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,014 views

    This sermon deals with being so busy we miss God in our very present’s.

    Missing God. Gen:28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. A modern day "version" of that statement would sound like this. {GOD WAS HERE AND I WAS OUT TO LUNCH} QUESTION? Has any one here ever Missed God? God comes near us, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    A Chip Off The Old Block Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 27, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,031 views

    Bible Couples, Pt. 3 "Isaac and Rebekah"

    A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK (GEN 27:1-46) To relatives and friends, guessing who the favorite child in the family is not difficult. Growing up, my sister was daddy’s girl. The family included two boys and a sister in the middle, each a year apart, but my youngest son status was in vain. The stark ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Tom Fuller avatar

    Backfiring Schemes Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on May 20, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,801 views

    What happens when everyone does the wrong thing? We find that in this chapter - and how God gets His way despite our best efforts to mess up!

    Do you ever find a situation where absolutely everybody does the wrong thing - and yet God still gets His way? That’s what we find in Genesis 27. Everyone - Isaac, Essau, Jacob, and Rebekah - all have plans they want hatched and so they go about trying to maneuver God’s blessing to their benefit. ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • David Yarbrough avatar

    Too Blessed To See God

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jan 28, 2001
    based on 290 ratings
     | 19,789 views

    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

  • Bob Briggs avatar

    Experiencing The Presence Of God

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 16, 2000
    based on 95 ratings
     | 17,404 views

    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