Sermons on Genesis 28:12-15:

Reason For Hope On The Road Ahead Series

Contributed by Joel Smith on Jan 1, 2009

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

Scripture: Genesis 28:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Help -- Life Is Scaring Me! Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2009

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

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Greater Things Than These Series

Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Mar 20, 2008

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

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Baptist

Meeting God In Dreams Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Nov 13, 2007

Dreams can be a place of encounter with God. He desires to speak to us and sometimes that is the only place our will is not interfering with His voice.

Encountering God – Part 12 – Jacob Meets God in a Dream Context: Gen 28:1-5 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him and commanded him: "Do not marry a Canaanite woman. 2 Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Baptist

Fear Of God

Contributed by Mark Witherden on Mar 20, 2007

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

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Pentecostal

Monument Of Relationship Series

Contributed by Rodney Kelley on Mar 24, 2007

First sermon of a six part series. I glean illustrations from multiple places. Many are not my own.

Monuments of Grace - Sermon One - The Monument of Relationship- Gen 28:10-22 Intro. A monument is a stone or a building that is set up to remember a person or an event. On July 3, 1775, he took on what was thought to be an impossible task. He became the commander of an army of rag-tag ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-12

Denomination: Baptist

Bethel Foursquare Church

Contributed by C Jordan on Oct 22, 2008

After Jacob encountered God at Bethel, his whole life was transformed. God’s desire is that all believers would have a personal, ongoing experience with Jesus that would be a testimony to others of His love and mercy.

BETHEL FOURSQUARE CHURCH INTRO TO SPEAKER: I have been involved in full time ministry for almost 16 years, married with four children. Currently pasturing BCC, and excited to be a covering to this new church! JUST FOR FUN – LETTERS TO PASTORS: *Dear Pastor, I know God loves everybody but He ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: *other

The Stairway To Heaven Series

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Dec 14, 2007

Christ is our stairway to Heaven, the NT fulfillment to Jacob’s ladder.

The Stairway to God Gen. 28:12 Scrip. Reading: Gen 28:10-22 INTRO.: Summarize the story of Jacob’s life. He was a schemer and a climber. Traits he evidently learned from his mother. Her scheming get him in trouble and he is now fleeing for his life from his brother. The stairway symbolizes his ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Our Regret Is Replaced Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 9, 2010

When throwing rocks womn't cut it, what do we do?

“When Heaven Comes Down…Our Regret Is Replaced” Gen. 28:1-22 In the movie Forrest Gump, Forrest has a lifetime friendship with Ginny. In one scene, when both of them are grown and Ginny is just beginning to retreat from her lifestyle of sex and drugs, they are walking down a dirt ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Studies In Genesis: Chapter 28 Series

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Oct 16, 2011

This is a study of the book of Genesis. Genesis and Revelation are two of the most disputed books in the Bible. The premise of this study is the foundation of creation.

Note: When doing a study on a book in the Bible you use a lot of resources. The major influence for me on this study of Genesis is The Genesis Record by Henry Morris. Title: Jacob at Bethel Jesus made a reference to Jacobs ladder that we read of in chapter 28. Where was this recorded in the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:1-22

Denomination: Church Of God

Close Encounter With God Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 11, 2010

Real worship happens only when God in His grace reveals Himself to us. Then we respond with gratitude by recognizing His presence, reverencing Him, remembering what He has done, and reserving ourselves completely for him.

Three-year-old, Mark, accidentally spilled his fruit punch on the floor one day. He decided to clean up the mess himself and dashed to the back porch to get the mop. Suddenly, realizing it was dark outside, he became apprehensive about reaching out the door for the mop. His mother reminded him ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Along Comes God

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Sep 6, 2011

Being a dreamer can be good...but it can also be bad depending on what kind of dreams you have and what the basis is for those dreams. Where do dreams come from? Are they products of our own fertile imagination? Are they an escape from reality?

ALONG COMES GOD GENESIS 28:10 19 Have ever been told you’re a dreamer? Being a dreamer can be good...but it can also be bad depending on what kind of dreams you have and what the basis is for those dreams. Where do dreams come from? Are they products of our own fertile imagination? Are ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-19

God Is At Work: All The Time

Contributed by Jerry Stepp on Feb 9, 2011

God is at work 1. Behind the Scenes 2. When the Path is Rough 3. When He is the Furthest from my Mind 3. It Assures me of His Prestents Until his Promise is Fulfilled

GOD IS AT WORK GEN.28:1-28 INTRODUCTION: ~More than not we fail to see the Lord working on our half. I really wonder if we fully understand that the Lord is concerned with our every move, thought, word, and deed. ~I wonder if we know that He is working behind the scenes to see us through our day ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:1-28

Denomination: Baptist

The Gate Of Your Life

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Apr 22, 2010

A gate is a very important part of a building or house. A gate is for security and protection. In the Bible, the gate was a focal point of power. Business was conducted at the gate. Military strategy was planned at the gate. Judgment and punishments we

This week, we are looking at the message entitled, “The gate of your life.” Genesis 28:12 says, “And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.” According to the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:12-13, Genesis 28:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Is At Work

Contributed by Jerry Stepp on May 14, 2011

The Lord God Working Behind the Scens

GOD IS AT WORK GEN.28:1-28 INTRODUCTION: ~More than not we fail to see the Lord working on our half. I really wonder if we fully understand that the Lord is concerned with our every move, thought, word, and deed. ~I wonder if we know that He is working behind the scenes to see us through our day ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:1-28

Denomination: Baptist