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Today we study the example of Jacob, who teaches us that sometimes the victory of faith also has to come by the way
of struggle.
“By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of
Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on
the top of his staff.” Hebrews 11:21
Genesis 32:24-29- “So Jacob was left alone, and a man
wrestled with him till daybreak. 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. Then the man said, ‘Let me go, for it is daybreak.’ But Jacob replied, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’ The man asked him, ‘What is
your name?’ ‘Jacob,’ he
answered. Then the man said, ‘Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God
and with men and have overcome.’ Jacob said,
The Bible states that his name was changed
“because you have struggled with God and with men and
have overcome.”
Revelation 2:17“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will
There is a very private and personal place of intimacy with him that brings hope
and freedom and joy and a destiny on earth that no
one can steal away.