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Are you ever “alone with God”?

Are you ever “alone with God”?. Genesis 32:22 Today’s New International Version. That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabok. Genesis 32:22 Today’s New International Version.

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Are you ever “alone with God”?

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  1. Are you ever “alone with God”? Genesis 32:22 Today’s New International Version

  2. That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabok Genesis 32:22 Today’s New International Version

  3. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Genesis 32:22 Today’s New International Version

  4. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Genesis 32:23-24 Today’s New International Version

  5. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Genesis 32:23-24 Today’s New International Version

  6. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Genesis 32:23-24 Today’s New International Version

  7. Jacob has been alone for a long, long time. • Alone growing up • A mommy’s boy • in a daddy world • “Red” vs. “the Cheat”

  8. Jacob’s twin brother… “Esau” = “Red” Red-blooded…male “Jacob” = “grasping” “deceiving” “cheating”

  9. Esau held a grudge against Jacob… He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” Genesis 27:41 Today’s New International Version

  10. When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him… Genesis 27:42 Today’s New International Version

  11. “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you. Now then, my son, do what I say: Flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran.” Genesis 27:42-43 Today’s New International Version

  12. Jacob has been alone for a long, long time. • Alone growing up • …because of his • grasping

  13. Jacob has been alone for a long, long time. • Alone growing up • Alone on his journey

  14. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you. Genesis 28:15 Today’s New International Version

  15. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you. Genesis 28:15 Today’s New International Version

  16. “Surely the LORD is in this place….” He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.” Genesis 28:17 Today’s New International Version

  17. Jacob has been alone for a long, long time. • Alone growing up • Alone on his journey • …he is not listening

  18. Jacob has been alone for a long, long time. • Alone growing up • Alone on his journey • Alone in his business

  19. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times. Genesis 32:41 Today’s New International Version

  20. Jacob has been alone for a long, long time. • Alone growing up • Alone on his journey • Alone in his business • …he cheats a cheat

  21. Jacob has been alone for a long, long time. • Alone growing up • Alone on his journey • Alone in his business • Alone in his marriage

  22. So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. "You must sleep with me," she said. "I have hired you…” Genesis 32:41 Today’s New International Version

  23. Jacob has been alone for a long, long time. • Alone growing up • Alone on his journey • Alone in his business • Alone in his marriage • …he’s not loved

  24. Jacob is in a tight place He’s stuck in a canyon He has fled Laban who wants to kill him. He’s coming home to Esau who…

  25. When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him." Genesis 32:6 Today’s New International Version

  26. That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabok Genesis 32:22 Today’s New International Version

  27. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Genesis 32:22 Today’s New International Version

  28. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Genesis 32:23-24 Today’s New International Version

  29. “…for their never at home and their always alone… …even with someone they love.”

  30. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Genesis 32:23-24 Today’s New International Version

  31. God grasps us in his grace …even as we fight him …making us face new hope

  32. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Genesis 32:25-27 Today’s New International Version

  33. When the man saw that the man could not overpower Jacob, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Genesis 32:25-27 Today’s New International Version

  34. When the man saw that Jacob could not overpower the man, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Genesis 32:25 Today’s New International Version

  35. God grasps us in his grace …even as we fight him …making us face new hope …even if it takes pain to do it.

  36. Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” Genesis 32:26-27 Today’s New International Version

  37. God grasps us in his grace …until we grasp back

  38. The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. Genesis 32:27 Today’s New International Version

  39. The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Cheater,” he answered. Genesis 32:27 Today’s New International Version

  40. The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Swindler,” he answered. Jacob owns that he has made others into objects Genesis 32:27 Today’s New International Version

  41. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with human beings and have overcome.” Genesis 32:28 Today’s New International Version

  42. God grasps us in his grace …until we grasp back …until we grasp change

  43. Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there. Genesis 32:29 Today’s New International Version

  44. So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.” Genesis 32:30 Today’s New International Version

  45. God grasps us in his grace …until we grasp back …until we grasp change …until we grasp grace.

  46. Are you in the tight spot? Are you caught between the consequences and circumstances of your life?

  47. Are you “alone with God”? Genesis 32:22 Today’s New International Version

  48. God grasps us in his grace …until we grasp back …until we grasp change …until we grasp grace.

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