Sermons about Wrestling With Pride

Pride - The Greatest Sin

Contributed by Matthew Oliver on Jun 20, 2002

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Many of the failures of todays world to enact the gospel are the result of human pride. Only by God’s grace through self-denial can we hope to overcome

20 June 2002 Evening Prayer St John the Evangelist Cold Lake Psalm 85 1 Samuel 2:27-36 Matthew 18:10-20 An anonymous man of God prophesies to Eli about his fate and the fate of his sons for their failure to follow God – you see Eli’s Sons are taking more than their share of the sacrifice and are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:10-20, 1 Samuel 2:27-36

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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The Blessing Was Already Given PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2023

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Explore the story of Jacob wrestling with God, emphasizing the relationship between obedience and blessing, and the promise that God's blessing is already bestowed upon us.

Good morning, family! In the spirit of warm fellowship, let's delve into the deep waters of God's Word today. We're going to wrestle with a familiar and powerful passage from Genesis 32:22-32, where our forefather Jacob, in the quiet of the night, wrestles with God Himself. This story is a vivid ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Topics: Wrestling, God

Jake The Snake Wrestles With God

Contributed by John Stensrud on Apr 29, 2001

based on 95 ratings

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Jacob suddenly meets something in his life that he is powerless over.

Jake the Snake Wrestles with God By Pastor John Stensrud Immanuel Baptist Church Elgin, IL October 1, 2000 If he was alive today, hi-tech head-hunters would be on the phone to him regularly. Better yet, he would be well-suited as a shifty-eyed used-car salesman. I can just hear him say: Hi my name ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Baptist

The Man Who Wrestled With God

Contributed by Maurice Brown on Mar 18, 2001

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Challenges and Changes in the Life of Jacob.

INTRODUCTION A. One of the greatest tragedies of World War II was the suffering of the people of Lenningrad, Russia, under siege from German army. 1. More than half the population died during the winter of 1942 2. Jan.13, 1943 Soviet troops broke through German lines, and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jake The Snake Wrestles God

Contributed by Mike Turner on Sep 18, 2005

based on 131 ratings

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A message about Jacob’s wrestling match with God

Jake The Snake Wrestles God Gen 32:21-32 I grew up watching Pro Wrestling. It was fake way back then, and it’s even more fake now. But I would have never told my daddy that. Me and Daddy used to have a ringside seat beside our black and white t.v. set on Sat’s at ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:21-32

Denomination: Baptist

How To Wrestle God And Win Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Apr 20, 2002

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We win with God by losing.

HOW TO WRESTLE GOD AND WIN Genesis 32:22-32 S: God’s blessing Th: Prayer: A Passion for His Presence Pr: WE WIN WITH GOD BY LOSING. ?: How? KW: Needs TS: We will discover in Genesis 32 three needs that we have in order to win in our losing battle with God. Inductive The _____ need we have is ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Baptist

Wrestling With The Father…and Winning! Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008

based on 14 ratings

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God desires for us to wrestle with Him in order to shape us into the people He wants us to become

I don’t have some clever fact or story or joke to start this sermon. Nothing can top the text itself: Genesis 32:22-32 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:24-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Wrestling With God (Battle Of Wills)

Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 15, 2008

based on 9 ratings

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This is a sermon that begs the question... who’s will are we REALLY following?

Genesis 32:22-32 22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Wrestling Match With Heavenly Dad! Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on Nov 18, 2012

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Who do you think said these words? God to Jacob! This scripture arrested me! I kept meditating until I got choked with emotions!

Wrestling match with Heavenly Dad! Let Me go………. Genesis 32:26"………..Let Me go, for the day breaks…………." Who do you think said these words? God to Jacob! This scripture arrested me! I kept meditating until I got choked with emotions! ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:21-22

Denomination: Pentecostal

Wrestling With God Submitting The Devil

Contributed by Michael J Mcinally Jr. on Aug 8, 2015

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This was my first time preaching, I shared this message with the young adult group at our church I pray that someone will find it useful and it helps you grow closer to God.

Wrestling with God Submitting the Devil Before I was saved, I definitely was living for the world. I was trying to make as much as I could so I could get as much stuff as I could. The more I got the more I wanted and but I never was truly satisfied. I spent a lot years living for me but with no ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33, John 1:14, Psalm 68:19, Psalm 61:8, Isaiah 58:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: *other

"what Is The Wrestling?"

Contributed by Greg Newton on Aug 14, 2020

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We’re wrestling against powerful evil forces.

WRESTLE - “Though sometimes it is used to define a form of recreational sport, here it describes the sharpness of your encounter with the enemy. Paul uses it to convey the notion of a bloody and lasting war between the Christian and his opponent.” Wrestling is not a team sport, but primarily as ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Epaphras' Wrestling Ministry

Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 5, 2022

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We usually think of prayer as peaceful, but Paul described Epaphras as “wrestling” in Col. 4:12 with the word “agonize.” The same word is translated as "STRIVE" in an Olympic event and as "FIGHT the good fight of faith!" Join the wrestling match!

EPAPHRAS' WRESTLING MINISTRY Col. 4:12 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Bonehead Bandits 1. Two teenagers robbed the Grandon City, Kansas public library. They raced up to the counter with an empty pillow case. “Put it in,” they demanded of the clerk. “Put what in?” “The money. Put it in and nobody’ll ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Wrestling Match- That Changed Everything.

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Feb 27, 2023

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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

Āḇaq: Jacob Wrestles With God Series

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 15, 2022

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Are you a fan of wrestling? I remember watching wrestling growing up. And I remember seeing a few fights during junior high and high school where people were wrestling. What happens when people wrestle?

Are you a fan of wrestling? I remember watching wrestling growing up. And I remember seeing a few fights during junior high and high school where people were wrestling. What happens when people wrestle? They start fighting, and they inevitably end up on the ground, tossing up dust, spinning around, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:23-32

Denomination: Salvation Army

Wrestling With God October 2023

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Dec 1, 2023

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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

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