EPIC: Jacob Struggles with God – Friday
We pray and reflect on this week’s challenges. You can [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink] online, or by starting a local discussion group! Are you meeting just once a week with your discussion group? You can find all of this week’s discussion material in our Weekly Study Guide
EPIC: Jacob Struggles with God – Thursday
We’ve studied a story this week about Jacob wrestling with God. What do we learn from this? On the one hand, we see from this story that fighting with God isn’t punished by death on the spot. Jacob’s shock is that he survives the ordeal. God let him win! It’s all a sign, foreshadowing what […]
EPIC: Jacob Struggles with God – Wednesday
This week we’re studying a story about Jacob, who had a surprise wrestling match with a mysterious opponent. After wrestling all night Jacob got a new name, a limp, and a blessing from his opponent. I asked yesterday if you knew who he’d been wrestling with, and what clues you used to decide. Here are […]
EPIC: Jacob Struggles with God – Tuesday
https://vimeo.com/120080344 Last week, we learned about Abraham and Isaac. Now we’ll skip a generation, to Isaac’s son Jacob. This puts him right in the succession plan for God’s promise to Abraham. He said he’d bless the world through Abraham’s many descendants, and Jacob is third in that line. Here’s the story of a significant event […]
EPIC: Jacob Struggles with God – Monday
https://vimeo.com/119918497 Last week we saw amazing pictures on social media of the incredible amounts of snow that fell in Eastern Canada – sometimes over 2 feet in just one snowfall! Maybe you’ve seen the same stories circulating of people working for hours to dig out their car, only to find they can’t get in, or […]
Group Study Guide: EPIC: Jacob Struggles with God
Are you meeting regularly with a discussion group? If you meet just once a week, you can find all of this week’s discussion questions in one place right here. Question: Have you ever fought for something, then realized it was the wrong goal, or the wrong target? Reading: The same night [Jacob] arose and took […]