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  • Rick Crandall avatar

    Part 4: Hang On To The Lord And Never Let Him Go! Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Oct 16, 2024
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    1. Notice Jacob’s struggle with God. 2. Notice God’s strategy with Jacob. 3. Notice Jacob’s success with God.

    Great Prayers of the Old Testament Part 4: Hang on to the Lord and Never Let Him Go! Genesis 32:13-31 Sermon by Rick Crandall (Prepared October 16, 2024) BACKGROUND: *Today, we will explore one of the most interesting answers to prayer in the Old Testament. The Lord's answer was life-changing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jacob Series

    Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Jun 19, 2022
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    From "Heel Grabber" to "Overcomer"

    June 18, 2022 Every story has a beginning – today we find ourselves in Genesis 25. Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebekah. 20 years later, after much prayer, Rebekah was finally “with children”. My Jewish Bible gives us an early insight of things to come: “The children fought with ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Wrestling With God

    Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Oct 26, 2018
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    On the way to meet his extranged brother Esau, Jacob experienced a strange encounter with a "man," who Jacob identified as God himself.

    WRESTLING WITH GOD Please turn to Genesis 32. Having made a covenant of peace with Laban, his nettlesome father-in-law, Jacob traveled southward through the country east of the Jordan River. The “angels of God” met him there. Their purpose seems to have been to set up a meeting between Jacob and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    He's Coming To Meet You: An Exposition Of Genesis 32:1-23

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jul 21, 2020
     | 3,090 views

    We must learn to depend upon God and not ourselves.

    He’s Coming to Meet You: An Exposition of Genesis 32:1-23 Jacob was a man of many faults. He had connived to take away Esau’s birthright. His very name, Jacob, means “deceiver” or “supplanter.” He and his mother tricked Isaac to give Jacob the Patriarchal blessing. For this, his brother was ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Wrestling With God Series

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Mar 2, 2013
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     | 11,596 views

    Here, God empties Jacob of his NATURAL effort and teaches Jacob to trust Him completely.

    What images come to mind when I mention the word wrestling? For some, it is an image of a High school wrestling match. Others happily envision Dad wrestling with his son. And a few of us think of the theater of “professional wrestling” with Iron Rings of death and tag team death ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Wrestling With God Series

    Contributed by Vic Folkert on Mar 23, 2018
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     | 14,098 views

    In the darkness, which we all feel at times, Jacob wrestles with God. He asks for assurances of blessing (which he already had), but instead, he gets God! Jesus also wrestles in the garden, giving up control, and God raises him from the dead.

    WRESTLING WITH GOD—Genesis 32 (Children’s Message: afraid of the dark?) Are you afraid of the dark—or the darkness? Maybe the darkness is in the hospital, or a war zone, or you found yourself jobless or on the edge of bankruptcy. Maybe the darkness was anguish over children, or marital ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Encounter With God For Change PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 3, 2023
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    To explore the transformational power of a personal encounter with God, as exemplified by Jacob's wrestling with God in Genesis 32:1-24-32, and to encourage us to wrestle with our faith in order to seek God's blessings and guidance.

    Good morning, church family. As we gather here today, let’s settle our hearts and minds, preparing ourselves to dive into the richness of God's word. Our sermon today will focus on an incredible story from Genesis 32:1-31, where Jacob wrestles with God. We'll explore the desperation of Jacob, his ...read more

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    Sermon # 15 - Overcoming Fears Of The Past Series

    Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Apr 22, 2025
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    Though our sins are as scarlet, when we come to the Lord Jesus and confess our sins, He will make them white as snow. For those who are living in fear and guilt from sins of the past, God’s word reminds us that there is forgiveness, freedom, healing and a brand new life ahead.

    We read in Genesis 3:9, The LORD God called to the man and asked him, "Where are you?" (ERV) The Almighty God, who is the creator of heaven and earth, who is all-knowing called out to Adam in the Garden of Eden, and wanted to find out where he was. It was not that God did not know where ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Revival & Brokenness

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 3, 2008
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    - God uses brokenness in our life to multiply our influence - When our life is broken the very life of God will flow from us

    Lk 20:17-18 17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? Psalm 118:22KJV 22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. Isaiah 28:16KJV 16 Therefore thus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Contradictions, Confrontations, And Conflicts Series

    Contributed by Charles Holt on Apr 13, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 9,165 views

    Third in a series on Jacob which deals with his encounter with the angel at the brook Jabbok.

    A Bible Study by Charles W. Holt email: cholt@gt.rr.com The Story of Jacob: Contradictions, confrontations and conflicts This chapter will emphasize two intense events that ultimately result in a profound change in Jacob’s character. In both instances prayer plays a key role. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Wrestling With God

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 3, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
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    We struggle or we don’t grow. Jacob gives us the keys for how to struggle (and how NOT to struggle).

    THE PASTOR’S POINTS (The view from my garden) Wrestling with God Genesis 32:1-27 Of all the mysteries I would like solved before I die, it is the one that says you must struggle if you are going to grow. Growth always means struggle in one form or another. I struggled when I was a youth, ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    It's Ok To Mourn

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Nov 23, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
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    A funeral sermon for a believer

    IT’S OK TO MOURN GENESIS 23:1-2, OTHERS “Sarah lived to be a hundred and twenty-seven years old. 2 She died at Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.” I. WE NEED TO MOURN FOR THE DEAD A. ABRAHAM MOURNED FOR SARAH 1) ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Receiving The Blessing

    Contributed by Mark Holdcroft on Mar 27, 2004
    based on 33 ratings
     | 8,551 views

    Jacob was the man who entered into the promise given to Abraham. He became Israel and the father of the great nation. How did Jacob receive the promise of God?

    Receiving the Promise Genesis 32:3 Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4:He instructed them: "This is what you are to say to my master Esau: `Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Stephen Todd avatar

    Strengthened By A Limp Series

    Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 1, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,822 views

    Jacob’s attempt to receive God’s blessing by his own devious devices is finally halted by a direct encounter with God.

    Genesis 32 January 17, 2004 I can hardly believe that the last time we looked together into the book of Genesis was October 5. We need to remind ourselves of where we are in the narrative. Isaac and Rebekkah have two sons - Esau and Jacob Esau is the older but God picks Jacob to be the one ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Prevailing Prayer

    Contributed by Colin Coombs on Oct 8, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,124 views

    How to suceed in prayer

    PREVAILING PRAYER I PREVAILING PRAYER PLEADS THE PROMISES V.9 Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’ a. GOD’S PROMISES ARE UNFAILING I Kings 8:56 "Praise be to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible