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  • Jonathan Twitchell avatar

    Nearer, My God, To Thee Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Twitchell on Dec 7, 2006
    based on 29 ratings
     | 13,610 views

    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

  • Jeffrey Dillinger avatar

    Stairway To Heaven

    Contributed by Jeffrey Dillinger on Apr 22, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 9,239 views

    Jacob saw a stairway (ladder) to heaven. What was that dream all about? What, or who is the ladder leading to heaven? This sermon is based on a lesson by Patrick Mead of Rochester Hills, MI.

    NOTE: This lesson is based upon a sermon I heard Patrick Mead preach. Patrick preaches in Rochester Hills, MI. Stairway To Heaven (Gen. 28:12-22) Introduction: A. Have you ever seen the Indiana Jones movies? I just watched the “making of” each of those movies and decided I wanted to watch ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Charles Holt avatar

    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

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Discouragement: Running From My Past

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
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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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    Believers Never Travel Alone

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Feb 23, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
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    LENT 2(B) - Our Lord’s promise and our Lord’s blessings is that Believers never travel alone.

    BELIEVERS NEVER TRAVEL ALONE (Outline) GENESIS 28:10-17 - February 20, 2005 - LENT 2 INTRO: Our society is a very mobile society. We travel a lot – both locally and globally. Often we put on many more miles in one day than the people of the Bible would be able to travel in a couple of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Douglas Vincent avatar

    God's Promise Our Response Series

    Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Mar 17, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
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    When I read this next section on Jacob’s ladder, God’s Promise and Jacobs response.

    Genesis 28:10-22 Esau has exposed the fraud to Isaac and is making plans to kill Jacob; Rebekah has discovered the plot and found a way of escape, sending Jacob to seek a wife among her own people. Jacob get sent with his Fathers blessing. But now he has to be wondering. He has the birthright and ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Surely The Lord Is In This Place

    Contributed by Richard Hosea on Jan 21, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 22,988 views

    To help the congregation to practice the presence of God.

    Surely the Lord is in this Place Gen. 28:10-22 I don’t need to elaborate on the story of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But here is a snapshot of a little backgroung of their lives The whole family was prone to deceive people. Abraham told the Egyptians his wife was his sister Gen. 12:19ff. Isaac ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Frederick Baker II avatar

    Bethel, A Picture Of True Worship

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Feb 16, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,324 views

    This sermon show us a picture of the way true worship should be in a Christian’s life.

    “Bethel, A picture of True Worship” Worship: 1. A reverent love and respect for a deity of sacred object. 2. Love of or devotion to a person or thing. (American Heritage Dictionary) Worship: 2. A reverence toward God, a god, or a ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Thomas Black avatar

    A Precious Promise To Persona Non Grata God's Mercy To The Unworthy Series

    Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 6,201 views

    God’s promises to Jacob in the desert are types of the promises made to us. Like Jacob God has promised us his PRESENCE, A Permanant PLACE and PROTECTION. We Perfect his promise when we trust him.

    You remember the circumstances, Jacob had deceived his father stolen the blessing which was itself a testimony that he had no faith that God would bring about what He had promised: since Jacob (and his mother) didn’t believe God’s word they took things into their own hands and created heartbreak ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Rock Bottom

    Contributed by Derrick Strickland on Jun 5, 2003
    based on 88 ratings
     | 15,516 views

    Discover the power and the potential in those "Rock Bottom" experiences

    “Rock Bottom” Genesis 28:10-16 INTRO: 1. I like the way the KJV introduces us to this place… “certain place.” a. I want to take a little ecclesiastical license here and tell you that there’s no place in life that is as certain as that place where you hit ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Stephen Todd avatar

    God Reaches Out To The Outcast Series

    Contributed by Stephen Todd on Nov 28, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 5,462 views

    As Jacob flees from home, GOd takes the initiative to reach out to Jacob and to bless him.

    Genesis 28:10-22 September 14, 2003 Do you remember the first time that you were away from home? Maybe it was staying with grandma or grandpa. Maybe it was your first sleep-away camp. Maybe it wasn’t till you went away to university or got your first job. Do you remember what was going through ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Lindeal Greer avatar

    12 Steps To Heaven

    Contributed by Lindeal Greer on Jan 6, 2001
    based on 90 ratings
     | 7,611 views

    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

  • 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

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Trusting God's Providence

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 9,237 views

    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