Genesis 32-33
Jacob Meets with God and Esau
Doctrine Sanctification
Attribute Person
Big Idea God loves His children enough to change them to be more like Jesus.
Opening Music: “Through All of It” Colton Dixon
Recall:
Homework Discussion
2 Breakout Groups
Day 1, Questions 1,2
Day 2, Questions 3a,b,4a, ,5a,b
Genesis 32:1-8
Jacob prepared to meet his brother Esau.
Day 3, Questions 6,7,8,9
Genesis 32:9-21
Prayer
9 Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, Lord, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’
Invoke a specific name or attribute of God
10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
Come before God in reverence with humility and Thanksgiving
11 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.
Be specific with your request
12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’”
Claim a promise of God
Whiteboard Jacob’s faith journey
BSF artwork Jacob encounters God (Lesson 21)
Day 4, Questions 10a,b,11,12
Genesis 32:22-32
Jacob encounters God at Peniel.
Day 5,Questions 13,14a,b,15
Genesis 33
Jacob and Esau reconciled.
Day 6, Questions 16