Sermons on Genesis 29:16-35:23:

Life Lessons Learned From A Wounded Wrestler

Contributed by Steven Dow on Jul 17, 2002

We’ve all wrestled with God and so we can learn some valuable lessons from Jacob, the Wounded Wrestler.

JACOB: LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM A WOUNDED WRESTLER Genesis 32:22-32 July 21, 2002 INTRODUCTION: Allow me to set the stage for you. Jacob had not seen his brother, Esau, in a long time and he was very apprehensive about their meeting. You see, many years earlier Jacob tricked his brother out ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

"The Trickster Gets Tricked"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 23, 2002

Like Jacob, we must keep our focus on Jesus not the obstacles which get in our way.

Genesis 29:15-28 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 “The Trickster Gets Tricked” By Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA In our Old Testament Lesson for this morning: Jacob the trickster gets tricked. Jacob had literally ruined and wrecked his life. He had ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 29:15-28, Matthew 13:31-52

Denomination: United Methodist

Recieving Our Wage

Contributed by Ethan Sayler on Jul 30, 2002

Through the grace of God in Jesus Christ, we recieve more than what we deserve.

A donkey and a fox went into partnership and sallied out to forage for food together. They hadn’t gone far before they saw a lion coming their way, at which they were both dreadfully frightened. But the fox thought he saw a way of saving his own skin, and went boldly up to the lion and whispered ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 29:15-28, Genesis 29:15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Wrestling

Contributed by John Beehler on Aug 1, 2002

When you wrestle with God, you win by losing.

Wrestling We’ve talked recently about Abraham. Today we’re going to look at his grandson, Jacob. Unlike Abraham, who has a reputation for being a Godly man and doing the right thing, we must use different words to describe Jacob; words like shyster, liar, manipulator, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Touched By God

Contributed by Ethan Sayler on Aug 5, 2002

This is a sermon on the importance of being persistent in prayer, and how God will change your life through prayer.

It had been over twenty years since Jacob had last set foot in his father’s land; twenty years since his flight from his brother’s wrath, twenty years from that blessed encounter with the Lord at Bethel. Now, after two decades, Jacob was coming home. He had left his home alone, with nothing but ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The God Of The House

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Aug 10, 2002

It’s time to get beyond our casual visits with God at the church (The House of God) and become the place where God Lives. Is God at Home in Your life?

Go up to Bethel and dwell there. Bethel = House of God Dwell there= The spirit of Bethel must become a part of us, That is to say we must take the lessons of Bethel with us everywhere. (Brokenness, helplessness, humility, distress, necessity) Psalms 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 35:1-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

5 Ways That God Is Active In His People's Lives Part 3 Series

Contributed by Larry Sarver on Aug 15, 2002

A teaching message on Genesis 31:1-55.

Genesis Series #56 August 11, 2002 Title: 5 Ways That God is Active in His People’s Lives Part 3 Email: pastorsarver@yahoo.com <mailto:pastorsarver@yahoo.com> Website: www.newlifeinchrist.info Welcome to New Life in Christ. Today we continue with message #56 in our verse-by-verse study of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 31:1-55

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jacob's Personal Revival

Contributed by Edgar Foster, Sr. on Jan 14, 2001

Jacob’s personal revival is a pattern for modern-day believers.

Jacob’s Personal Revival Genesis 32:24-28 Personal worship and real revival go hand-in-hand. God is calling his people to revival. Revival is needed! A constant flow of personal commitment is needed to “kneed” God’s people into the whitened and falling harvest of this last hour. But religious ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:24-28

Denomination: Church Of God

Pray Passionately & Persistently

Contributed by Tommy Ellis on May 10, 2002

Through the stories of Abraham and Jacob, this sermon encourages passionate and persistent prayer.

PRAY PASSIONATELY & PERSISTENTLY Do you want God to grant you mercy in your case? Do you want God to supply your family members’ financial, emotional and spiritual needs while you are separated from them? Do you want God to heal a loved one who is sick? Is there anything you desperately want ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:20-33, Genesis 32:22-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

Wrestling With God Series

Contributed by Tammy Garrison on Aug 18, 2001

This sermon embraces the uncomfortable ideas of wrestling with God, God self-limitation in the struggle, and change that occurs.

Genesis 32:22-32 Our Bible story needs a little prefacing this evening. Its kind of like the original Star Wars Triliogy - we’re coming in to the story at Episode VI. In recent days we’ve been taking a look at some Old Testament characters, and tonight we turn our attention towards Jacob - the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Methodist

Returning To Our Proper Place In God Series

Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jan 26, 2002

We continue our walk with Jacob as he meets Esau. Jacob shows us a great deal of wise stewardship in this chapter. Jacob follows through and returns home in obedience to God.

Returning to Our Proper Place in God Jacob’s Reunion with Esau Jacob’s Return in obedience to God’s Promised Land I noticed in the Bristol Bay Times this week that a serviceman and his family were able to visit Dillingham. Imagine he had been gone 13 years. I know that when Gloria and I leave ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 33:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Weathering The Storms In Life Series

Contributed by Bruce Landry on Feb 2, 2002

We will walk with Jacob, as his daughter Dinah is brutally raped by Shekem, a prince of Hamor. We will see how God would have us walk, and we will see what happens when we choose to take matters into our own hands. We must always remember--Vengeance is

Weathering the Storms of Life DBF 2/3/02 Storms in our walk with God Storms stemming from the desires of others Boy you sure did have a big storm here in Dillingham while I was gone. Man about 30 inches of snow in 24 hours or so. Anywhere else in our country would have come to an absolute ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 34:1-31

Denomination: Baptist

Culture Shift: Casualties Of War

Contributed by Tammy Garrison on Feb 5, 2002

The story of the rape of Dinah is one that makes us feel uncomfortable. What does such a story have to do with revealing God to us? This sermon explores living as faithful Christians in an ever increasingly violent world.

Bibliography: Culture Shifts, lesson 5 Our Bible story makes us feel uncomfortable. We are not really comfortable with it being in the Bible. Its a story that seems rather out of place and it doesn’t seem like it belongs. What is it doing in a book that talks about the relationship of faith ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 34:1-31

Denomination: Methodist

Seeds Rarely Fall Far From The Tree Series

Contributed by Bruce Landry on Feb 9, 2002

We will watch as God calls Jacob to Bethel and provides His protection as the family journeys to Bethel. We will also see some consequences of sins in Jacob’s family and things that happen due to it.

Seeds rarely fall Far from the Tree Real consequences of our Sin Cleaning house under God’s Providence Consequences of sins in Jacob’s family Have you ever known someone who was richly blessed in material things, in knowledge, in wisdom, in relationships? What did that person claim as the reason ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 35:1-29

Denomination: Baptist

God's Favorite House Part 4: The Importance Of His Name Series

Contributed by Randy West on Mar 13, 2002

Whatever you name is tonight it can be changed to Child of God. Names are important. What’s your name tonight?

God’s favorite House part 4 The importance of His name Text Genesis 32:24-32 The importance of a name can easily be understood when we look back to the early 1980’s. In that time frame a new revolutionary diet control candy hit the market. The candy was gaining popularity nationwide and was ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:24-32

Denomination: Church Of God