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  • Joel Pankow avatar

    How Can I Get Blessed Series

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jun 2, 2005
    based on 29 ratings
     | 14,663 views

    Jacob and Esau sought the blessings from Isaac. How did Jacob end up with the prize? This text discusses and contemplates the whole issue.

    Jacob Sermon Series # 1 - The Obtaining of Blessings - Genesis 27 Donald Trump’s TV show called “the Apprentice” has become a hit in the ratings in the past two years. I have watched it about two or three times. It makes me glad I am not working within that type of an atmosphere. Talk about a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Things Are Not What They Seem

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 16, 2004
    based on 101 ratings
     | 17,171 views

    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

  • Dennis Harbach avatar

    Do What Comes Naturally Series

    Contributed by Dennis Harbach on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 3,880 views

    Knowing that God goes with us changes everything- especially our lives of worship and giving.

    Doing what comes naturally Genesis 28:10-22 I was intrigued by this article about the ministry and leadership that I saw this week. The author began by describing why he was credible. He explained how he started his own communications business in the 70’s. It was instantly successful. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    See God's Vision

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Oct 30, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,881 views

    Pentecost 23(WWIID #1) - Believers see God’s vision as they observe God’s grace and respond to God’s grace.

    SEE GOD’S VISION Genesis 28:10-22 October 27, 2002 Genesis 28: 10-22 10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. 11 When he reached a cer-tain 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 ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    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

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    Rock Bottom

    Contributed by Derrick Strickland on Jun 5, 2003
    based on 88 ratings
     | 15,514 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

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    Leaving A Spiritual Inheritance

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 29, 2003
    based on 67 ratings
     | 15,076 views

    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

  • Kenneth Trent avatar

    Jacob's Three Meaningful Journeys

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Jul 20, 2003
    based on 76 ratings
     | 8,604 views

    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

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    A Rock, A Vision, And A Response Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 11, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,499 views

    God is the vision giver, but we have to be the vision receivers!

    A Rock, A Vision, and A Response Text: Gen. 28:10-22 Introduction 1. Read Gen. 28:10-22 2. Illustration: Sometimes small churches look at themselves and say, “Oh, we can’t do this and we can’t do that because we are too small. We don’t have the resources.” And their vision gets limited by ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Tom Owen avatar

    Genesis 38 Series

    Contributed by Tom Owen on Aug 6, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,299 views

    verse-by-verse

    When you were a kid did you ever run away from home? Maybe one of your kids? I read a story about a 5-year old who decided to run away. His neighbor lady saw him go, as she worked in her garden. There he trudged down the sidewalk, past her house, hauling a little suitcase in his red wagon. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joel Smith avatar

    Reason For Hope On The Road Ahead Series

    Contributed by Joel Smith on Jan 1, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,252 views

    The road ahead is about to get rocky, but, we have reason for hope.

    It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. It’s 2009 and what makes this new year unique is there’s more reason for pessimism than optimism at what it will bring. Maybe you’ve heard some of the dire predictions about what the near future holds. A couple of weeks ago, economist and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Help -- Life Is Scaring Me! Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,454 views

    The New Year is a reminder that living life can be a fearful experience, because we are all vulnerable to the choices others make and circumstances beyond our control. Our compassionate God wants to reassure us through His Word, yet many of us want this r

    Help -- Life is Scaring Me! (Genesis 28:10-20) 1. The headlines and issues going into 2009 are legion: the economy, the war, your family and personal issues, the moral condition of our nation…pessimists never had it so good! 2. It can be hard to cope with life; yet many of you have the greatest ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Timothy Dolan avatar

    Greater Things Than These Series

    Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Mar 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,272 views

    What application could Jacob’s struggles have for us today. A look at a ladder, Jacob, and even Nathanial help us to understand that God is there for us and knows everything.

    GREATER THINGS THAN THESE Genesis 28:10-22 WHO WAS JACOB? Verses 10-11 Was he a traveling salesman?...why was he going from Beer-sheba to Haran? 1.He was looking for a wife. He was told by his father not to take a wife from the Canaanite people, so he had to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Witherden avatar

    Fear Of God

    Contributed by Mark Witherden on Mar 20, 2007
    based on 41 ratings
     | 16,163 views

    Should we fear God? Many of us have been brought up in a Christian climate where the fear of God is missing. We like to think of the nice comfortable side of God but not His fearful awesome side. Here is just a small insight into the awesomeness of God.

    Jacobs Ladder - How awesome is this place! Gen 28:10-22 Verse 17 “And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! This is nothing but the house of God, and this is the gate of Heaven!” (Modern King James Version) How awesome is this place! The Fear of God came on him. The Holiness of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Paul Clemente avatar

    Passing On The "Christian Baton"! Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,001 views

    Like Isaac being called by God to be a witness for Him and passing on the "calling" to Jacob, Christians are also called and are to pass the baton of Good News of Christ.

    This picture was during the 2008 Olympic Games in China. What can you say about this picture?? A relay running race is a team event in which you have to pass a baton from one teammate to another in order to finish the race. The US Team dropped the baton and was disqualified from the race. It has ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible