Genesis 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved.”This was an incredibly significant time and place in Jacob’s life. Some would say that this is when […]
Hebrews 10:31“It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”This isn’t an often referred to passage. In fact, it’s usually a good thing to be in God’s hands. There is a hymn which speaks of […]
The assurance of salvation is that confirmation that God gives us when we have been redeemed. It’s that confirmation we have within. Romans 8:16 says, “The Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God”. This confirmation […]
Genesis 32:24 Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak…”This is a fantastic story. No where else in scripture does God engage another like this. Yet we shouldn’t be too surprised, because we have a wrestling […]
Hebrews 10:24“And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,”There are several “one another’s” of the New Testament. If you include the “each other”s there are about 54. Some of them are: bear with …, […]
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another: and all the more, as you see the day drawing near.God wants us to spend time with other believers. In general, this […]
Genesis 32:29Then Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there.I’m going out on a limb this morning. I can’t say I know […]
Genesis 32:28 And he said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed.”Jacob’s life up until this point has, been a collection of destroyed relationships. He has gotten […]
Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.I want to focus on the wavering part. As we go through our days, we often go in and out of our own […]
Genesis 32:26 Then he said to him, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”Jacob was a persistent man. He would work a situation until he got what […]