Sermons on Genesis 32:23-31:

Wrestling With God

Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 23, 2019

At times God wants us to wrestle with Him for the blessings we request. How badly do you want that for which yu ask?

1. When I was a child I watched the wrestling matches on TV and was shocked when I found out that they were not real. 2. There is real wrestling as born out in The National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum headquartered in Stillwater, Oklahoma. 3. There is also an even more serious wrestling ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:24-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Wrestling In Prayer.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 30, 2014

A brief outline on which to build a prayer-night sermon.

WRESTLING IN PRAYER. Genesis 32:24-29. Jacob's wrestling, whilst factual and historical, is nevertheless a metaphor for prayer. 1. The place name, Jabbok, means pouring out, or emptying. This reminds me of the self-emptying of Christ (cf. Philippians 2:7-8). It also reminds me of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:24-29

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When We Make A Mess Of Our Lives…

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 17, 2022

An extraordinary thing has happened in this passage of Scripture concerning Jacob.

Sometimes when we get together with others and they tell us of some unusual thing that has happened to them, we feel almost compelled to share some unusual thing that has happened to us. Illus: For example, little Johnny was talking to a couple of boys in the school yard. Each was bragging about ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Baptist

Wrestling With God October 2023

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Dec 1, 2023

We might think of It as odd that Jacob was involved in a wrestling match with an unspecified person. ….. Was it an another human, his brother Esau, an angel or even God appearing in the form of this wrestling opponent?

WRESTLING WITH GOD Text: Genesis 32:22-32 Gen 32:22-32 The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. (23) He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. (24) Jacob was left ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: United Methodist

What Draws Humans To Christ And His Church?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 25, 2020

Christians the world over will reimagine a world that is based on the teachings of Christ and the Church.

Tuesday of the third week of Easter 2020 Whenever authorities take exception to a popular movement, and try to stamp it out, if the movement is actually doing good they end up squishing it out all over the place. A few days ago our reading from the Acts of the Apostles featured the warning of Reb ...read more

Scripture: John 6:30-35, Acts 7:51-60, Acts 8:1, Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Catholic

10th Sunday After Pentecost. August 2nd, 2026. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 19, 2023

Year A, Proper 13.

Genesis 32:22-31, Psalm 17:1-7, Psalm 17:15, Isaiah 55:1-5, Psalm 145:8-9, Psalm 145:14-21, Romans 9:1-5, Matthew 14:13-21 A). A METAPHOR FOR PRAYER. Genesis 32:22-31. “The ford Jabbok” (Genesis 32:22) is significant, first, in that it was the border of the land of promise (cf. Numbers ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31, Psalm 17:1-7, Psalm 17:15, Isaiah 55:1-5, Psalm 145:8-9, Psalm 145:14-21, Romans 9:1-5, Matthew 14:13-21  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Sun Rose Above Him

Contributed by Clement Swarnappa on Jun 30, 2023

Today, we may have many of us who are Jacob's , and some who are still trying to become a Jacob. Is being Jacob a blessing?

Genesis 32:31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,[a] and he was limping because of his hip. A great turnover in the life of Jacob. Jacob was a man who struggled with man, and wrestled with God ( Remember, he did not struggle with God) Today, we may have many of us who are Jacob's , ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:31

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sustaining God’s Presence

Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 10, 2023

These days people have lost the ability of sustaining God’s presence for a longer period of time till it completes its work. God sends His presence to carry out a planned work.

These days people have lost the ability of sustaining God’s presence for a longer period of time till it completes its work. God sends His presence to carry out a planned work. This work may consist of giving comfort to a person in need, reviving the Spirit, healing someone, etc. Sometimes because ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:24-26

Jacob: A Liar And Trickster Changed By A Dream Lesson 1 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jul 18, 2023

Deep passionate, sacrificial faith pleases God.

A. JACOB WAS PERFECTLY IMPERFECT 1. He enticed his brother Esau to sell his family birth right (Genesis 25: 26-34). 2. He deceived his father and lied to get the family’s inheritance (Genesis 27:1-33). 3. Jacob had to run away from home. “Esau hated Jacob … ‘I will slay my brother’” (Genesis ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:26-34, Genesis 32:25-26, Hebrews 11:6

Denomination: Baptist

Wrestling With God

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jul 19, 2023

Jacob wrestles with the Divine, but he really wrestled with his self, and we do to.

“Wrestling with God” Genesis 32:22-32 1. Wrestling is a tough sport it not for the faint at heart • One needs upper body strength • One needs a strong determination • One needs a strong work ethic • One needs to be courageous you must fight 2. Today’s text tells us that Jacob wrestled all his ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Methodist

Jacob Lucha Con Dios Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Aug 13, 2023

Como en el caso de Jacob, puedes tener tu experiencia más importante con Dios cuando estás en tu angustia más intensa. Es parte de su proceso de santificación de llegar a ser más como Cristo.

Una profesión de fe en Cristo no es un fin en sí misma. Es el comienzo de una peregrinación. A lo largo del camino habrá momentos decisivos y momentos espirituales destacados. Para Jacob su momento decisivo fue en Peniel. El significado de Peniel es el rostro de Dios. Peniel ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Baptist

Genesis Chapter Thirty-Two Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 18, 2023

These are thoughts on Genesis Chapter Thirty-Two. In his work, "What does every Bible chapter say..." John Hunt gives an overview of each chapter of the Bible. It is my intention to do the same thing here.

GENESIS CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO OVERVIEW Overall what is happening in this chapter is that Jacob prepares to meet Esau and on the way wrestles with God. Thomas Coke (1801) – Genesis 32 The angels of God meet Jacob: he sends messengers to Esau, with presents, to soften him. Jacob wrestles all night ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:1-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Wrestling Match- That Changed Everything.

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Feb 27, 2023

Israel is the name of God's people, do you know where it came from? Again, From a wrestling match… In the night. It is recorded that Jacob was alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of dawn.

The Wrestling Match- That Changed Everything. Genesis 32:24-30AMP As Jacob turns from his Father-in-law, Laban who tricked Jacob more than once, with years of hard labor in earning Laban’s daughters hand in marriage. Jacob should be pretty fed up with bad relationships and so forth. However ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:24-30, Isaiah 65:15

Denomination: Pentecostal

Have You Ever Wrested With The Lord?

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Mar 20, 2019

You may be wrestling with the wrong person.

Have you ever wrested with the Lord? Gen.3224 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Baptist

Except

Contributed by Luther Sexton on Mar 21, 2019

Several Scriptures that contain the word "except" are pulled out and examined.

EXCEPT I. DEFINING EXCEPT A. Webster's Concise Dictionary Except --- 1. To leave or take out; exclude; omit. 2. To object; take exception; with to. With the exception of; save; but. 1. Informal But for the fact that; only 2. Archaic Unless B. Old Testament ---Hebrew 1. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 31:42, Genesis 32:26, Joshua 7:12

Denomination: Pentecostal