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  • Recover Your Determination Series

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Sep 21, 2023
     | 1,843 views

     Recover your determination. Jacob’s story is a great place to spend some time talking about recovering our determination to follow God. 

    Introduction The theme of this month has been Recovery. Recovery of our way back to God when we have wandered far. Recovery of hope in the midst of significant health battles. Recovery of faith as Sarah teaches us that when it seems there is no way, God makes a ...read more

  • A Name Change Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Oct 11, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,602 views

    For the most part, names don’t mean much today; they are chosen because the parents like the way they sound, and many names are picked out of books that list every conceivable name. But that’s not how it was in the Old Testament. Names were significant i

    4-7-03 Title: A Name Change Text: “Then the man said, ‘Your name will no linger be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with god and ...read more

  • Jacob Series

    Contributed by Alan Mccann on Jul 5, 2004
    based on 18 ratings
     | 12,363 views

    God brings Jacob to Peniel to bless him but not before he has struggled all night with God. Limps are reminders from God.

    GENESIS 32.23-32 JACOB AND THE STRUGGLE WITH GOD. If I were to say the letters WWF would you know what it meant? My immediate answer to that is World Wildlife Fund. Ask the children and you will probably get World Wresting Federation. I am not a great fan of wrestling but I know a lot of the ...read more

  • God Is A Name Changer PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 5, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,384 views

    This sermon explores the transformative power of encountering God, using Jacob's struggle and name change as a metaphor for personal spiritual growth and identity.

    Welcome, dear friends! It's wonderful to see each of you here, gathered in fellowship, ready to open your hearts to the Word of God. It is a privilege to share this time with you, a moment we set aside to seek the wisdom of our Creator, to bask in His love, and to learn from His teachings. Today, ...read more

  • "A Dark Night Of The Soul"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 30, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,422 views

    Only God can break the barriers of guilt, fear, anxiety and sin.

    Genesis 32:22-31 “A Dark Night Of The Soul” By: Rev. Kenneth E. Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org Jacob had fled from his home after stealing his brother Esau’s birthright and blessing. He had gotten a safe distance away and had stayed ...read more

  • Restoring Strained Relationships Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,454 views

    Until you have learned God’s love for yourself and be reconciled with God, you will have a hard time reconciling with others!

    God is a God of relationships; this is why He created people. Because the Creator God is a God of relationships, His created ones, people, are to be relational as well. Most of us have had strained relationships. Should we try and restore strained relationships? If so, how do we do it? How do we ...read more

  • Jacob's Limp PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 26, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,065 views

    Explore Jacob's encounter with God in Genesis 32:1-33:20, highlighting the themes of God's discipline, our identity in God and Christ, and how our weaknesses can be used for His glory.

    Good morning, beloved. Today, we'll be diving into a fantastic journey in the Bible—Jacob's journey—and how it speaks to us about God's discipline, our identity in God and Christ, and how our weaknesses can be used for His glory. As we prepare our hearts, let's remember the words of A.W. Tozer, who ...read more

  • It's Time To Stop Fighting And Start Living

    Contributed by Richard Oliver on Jan 17, 2002
    based on 85 ratings
     | 10,144 views

    Emphasises that when we surrender to God He will help us overcome our enemies, even when we are the enemy.

    It’s Time To Stop Fighting and Start Living Genesis 35:1-5 1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were ...read more

  • It's Not Too Late For Jacob Series

    Contributed by Vernon L Caruthers on Jul 9, 2009
    based on 16 ratings
     | 13,997 views

    Message about how an encounter with GOD changed JACOB from a DECEIVER into ISRAEL one who has striggled with GOD & prevailed.

    There will come in each of our lives heartbreaking & troublesome situations & conditions which are totally out of our human control. The devil likes to tell us that the longer they continue the more hopeless they become. However, in this series of messages we will be reminded that with GOD there is ...read more

  • What's Missing From Our Ch__ch?

    Contributed by Kelly Benton on Jun 22, 2011
    based on 24 ratings
     | 32,095 views

    We are at the end of our fiscal year here at LCC and with that comes new beginnings; new beginnings and new opportunities for each of us in the area of serving

    Let me begin he message this morning with a reading of God’s Holy Word as this is the very foundation of today’s message. Please stand with me. 1 Corinthians 12: 12-20 The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it ...read more

  • When God Touches You, Does It Hurt? - Genesis 32-33 Series

    Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 25, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,150 views

    A family was sitting around the dinner table having a discussion and the conversation turned to a man. One of their friends had recently become a believer. The dad said in the comment, “Yeah, God touched his heart.”

    A family was sitting around the dinner table having a discussion and the conversation turned to a man. One of their friends had recently become a believer. The dad said in the comment, “Yeah, God touched his heart.” The seven-year-old girl paused for a moment and she said, “How does God touch ...read more

  • Finding Your God-Given Dream Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Apr 9, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
     | 13,418 views

    Three precepts for finding God’s big dream for your life. Second sermon in four-part series, "Dreaming Big for God."

    Most sports fans know the name of Reggie White, great defensive end for the Green Bay Packers who recently went to be with the Lord. Some do not know that he was an ordained minister. Before signing a $17 million deal with the Packers, White said publicly that he would look to God to tell him ...read more

  • Being Transformed From Glory To Glory: 7 Transitions In The Christian Life Series

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 23, 2024
     | 1,440 views

    I think God gave us the caterpillar and the butterfly to tell us about ourselves. To tell us that we need a transformation to become all we’re meant to be.

    “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” -2nd Cor 3:17-18 We as ...read more

  • Let Go Let God

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 30, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 22,292 views

    A sermon for the 5th Sunday after the epiphany

    5th Sunday after the Epiphany Mark 1:29-39 "Let Go, Let God" 29 ¶ And immediately he left the synagogue, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him of her. 31 And he came and took her by ...read more

  • Reverse - Pt. 1 - Takedown Truths Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Mar 18, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,103 views

    Taken down. Shoulders on the mat. No way of escape seems available. Could it be that God is setting up reverse instead?

    Reverse Part 1 I. Introduction I have been involved in sports all of my life. My first love was baseball. I tried my hand at football. Later as my high school years came to a close I fell in love with basketball. And as most of you who have been attending here long know that I competed in cross ...read more