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Rock Bottom

Contributed by Derrick Strickland on Jun 5, 2003

based on 88 ratings

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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

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Leaving A Spiritual Inheritance

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 29, 2003

based on 67 ratings

| 15,410 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

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How Can I Get Blessed Series

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jun 2, 2005

based on 29 ratings

| 14,975 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

Scripture: Genesis 27:1-40, Genesis 28:11-17

Denomination: Lutheran

When Heavens Become Brass

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jul 21, 2004

based on 134 ratings

| 63,617 views

The more clearly we see God’s sovereignty the less perplexed we are by man’s calamities, know that those who bless God in their trials will be blessed by God through their trials.

The message of this week is for those who believe in the God of the suddenlies, those who know that no matter how fast the enemy has been running, just a word from the Master is enough to halt his race. After all, in the beginning, when the earth was without form and void all that was required to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:11-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Things Are Not What They Seem

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 16, 2004

based on 101 ratings

| 17,606 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

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-17

Denomination: Methodist

Let's Get Back To Our Senses

Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 1, 2005

based on 16 ratings

| 4,074 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

Scripture: Genesis 28:16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

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

| 6,489 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

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Believers Never Travel Alone

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Feb 23, 2005

based on 14 ratings

| 7,854 views

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

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-17

Denomination: Lutheran

God Reaches Out To The Outcast Series

Contributed by Stephen Todd on Nov 28, 2003

based on 46 ratings

| 5,691 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

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Baptist

A Rock, A Vision, And A Response Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 11, 2006

based on 24 ratings

| 8,810 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

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Methodist

Sound Speech

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 4, 2005

based on 9 ratings

| 4,006 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

Scripture: Genesis 28:15-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

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

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Nazarene

Touched By An Angel Series

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Aug 1, 2006

based on 10 ratings

| 4,649 views

Through his dream, Jacob receives a glimpse of reality that God is always near and that his Word will always cheer no matter how lonely our pligrimage to heaven may seem.

“Touched by an Angel” is a popular family show about heavenly beings sent to earth to help people with their problems. How would you categorize a TV show starring angels? Would you call it fiction or reality TV? It all depends what you believe about angels doesn’t it? On our episode of “Jake TV” ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Lutheran

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

Scripture: Genesis 28:5-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Standing On The Promises Of God Series

Contributed by Patrick Mead on Feb 20, 2006

based on 29 ratings

| 49,346 views

The life of faith and the promises of God

Standing on the Promises of God Genesis 15:1-21 Introduction Story has it that J. Hudson Taylor, the great missionary of old to China, went to a bank in England to open up an account for the China Inland Mission. While filling out the application he came across a question asking him to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:1-21, Genesis 28:3

Denomination: Baptist

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