Sermons About Jacob
Sorrow and Joy
In this passage Jacob sets up a pillar over Rachel's tomb, a Pillar of Sorrow. This sermon looks at the importance of us remembering the sorrow that our sin gave us and the joy that our salvation brings.
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Revival
Jacob and his family arise and go back to Bethel. While at Bethel Jacobs family returns to God and put away the foreign gods that are among them. They worship God and God reaffirms his plans and love for Jacob. In this message learn how God is calling us back to Bethel so that we might have revival in our hearts and homes.
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Let God lead
Genesis chapter 34 teaches us some good lessons about what happens in our life when we aren't totally committed to God.
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Reconciliation
After some 20 years Jacob and Esau reconcile their past differences and come together again as brothers. This passage of scripture teaches us all what is necessary in order for us to be reconciled to those that we have offended or who have offended us.
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Wrestle with God
Jacob meets his match as he wrestles with God, he comes to term with the truth that the only way to win against God is to surrender.
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Different Strokes for Different Folks
Sometimes people look at the situation of life that they find themselves in and see how it differs from someone else. Almost inevitably the response is to compare our lives with someone else. Interestingly, we rarely complain that our lives are not like the less fortunate. Few people say, “God, why could you not have made me a poor homeless person with cancer?” More often people say, “God, why could not you have give me a better paying job and fix my health problems?” This in itself is a commentary on the way that we view the gifts of God to us. Today, in the continuing story of Joseph, we see once again that God’s plan for people is different. In his sovereign rule over this world, he does not deal with everyone the same way. The challenge for us is to be content with what God is doing in our lives, knowing that he is bringing about his ultimate purpose, and recognizing that we must live in humble obedience to him.
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Going Strange Places
One of the enduring and encouraging truths in Scripture is that God never leaves us alone. He is always with his children, even though his plan for life may take us through some strange places. Today, in the life of Joseph, we see God taking Jacob to a strange place—Egypt. It is strange because it is taking him away from that land that God had promised him, and it is strange because it is a place that both his father had been told not to go to Egypt. But today we are reminded that God is working out his plan through the mess we call life, even when it takes us to some strange places. And when we are confident that God is working out his plan in our lives, we can live in strange places and wait to see the abundant provision of God.
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Overcoming Obstacles
In this message we look at the obstacles that Jacob had to overcome to go home to his fathers land. As Christians we also must learn to overcome obstacles that stand between us and doing Gods will.
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