Sermon Series: Genesis 1988 - 1989

The Prayer of a Broken Heart

Date: February 22nd, 1989  |  Scripture: Genesis 30:1  |  Topics: Heart, Prayer, Rachel, Women

And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.


Can Your Gods Be Stolen?

Date: March 1st, 1989  |  Scripture: Genesis 31:25-35  |  Topics: Idolatry, Money, Rachel, Women

Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? And hast not suffered me to kiss my sContinue Reading


Worry and Prayer

Date: April 26th, 1989  |  Scripture: Genesis 32-33  |  Topics: Change, Fear, Jacob, Prayer, worry

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I haveContinue Reading


Prevailing With God

Date: May 17th, 1989  |  Scripture: Genesis 32:23-32  |  Topics: Brokenness, Jacob, Power, Prevailing, Weakness

And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And heContinue Reading


The Old Jacob and the New Israel

Date: May 31st, 1989  |  Scripture: Genesis 32  |  Topics: Israel, Jacob, Supplanter, Theophany

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I haveContinue Reading


School of Sorrows

Date: June 7th, 1989  |  Scripture: Genesis 35-42  |  Topics: Jacob, Rebekah, Sorrows

And 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. Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. And tContinue Reading


The Coat of Many Colors

Date: June 14th, 1989  |  Scripture: Genesis 37  |  Topics: Hatred, Jesus, Joseph, Types

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. And when his brethren saw tContinue Reading


Remember Me?

Date: July 5th, 1989  |  Scripture: Genesis 39-41  |  Topics: Hatred, Joseph, Prison, Slavery

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over hisContinue Reading


The Closing Years of Joseph

Date: July 12th, 1989  |  Scripture: Genesis 45:26  |  Topics: Blessing, Death, Egypt, Jacob, Joseph

And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.


Until Shiloh Come

Date: July 19th, 1989  |  Scripture: Genesis 49:10  |  Topics: Jacob, Judah, Prophecy, Shiloh

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.