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JACOB’S FRESH START: A NEW YEAR’S TEXT
PART 2
Genesis 32:6-12
I. The Emergency which Shaped the Prayer
A. Esau was Pursuing Jacob v.6
B. Jacob Soberly Assessed the Nearness of Death vv. 7-8
II. The Prayer which Met the Emergency vv. 9-12
A. God was Pursuing Jacob
B. God is Greater than Death
III. Jacob’s Excellence in Prayer
A. Jacob Identifies God v. 9
B. Jacob Identifies Himself v. 10
C. Jacob Pleads v. 11
D. Jacob Claims a Promise v. 12
- Genesis 28:15 I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.
- Genesis 31:13 I am the God of Bethel where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.