9 sermons preach from Genesis 32 in real church libraries — each one transcribed, summarized, and indexed to the verse. Jump to the exact moment a verse is quoted, or open the full sermon.
“Jacob has an encounter with God, receives a new name when asked 'what is your name,' and walks away limping.”
“When Jacob had to meet Esau — who brought 400 men with him.”
A worship/service sermon (Mahal Ako ng Diyos) encouraging believers to cling to God's love amid trials — using Psalm 138, Romans, Jacob's wrestling, testimonies of conversion and healing, and an invitation to believe the Gospel.
“"I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant... for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan."”
Pastor Kent Munsey explains how a perspective shaped by remembering God's past faithfulness produces worship, transforms selfishness into blessing, and equips believers to bless others. He uses Jacob's life and the image of leaning on a staff (a record of testimony) to encourage journaling, gratitude, and gospel-centered surrender.
“That night, Jacob got up, took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok... So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.”
A packed Inland Empire Sunday service featuring worship, communion reflections on Job, teaching from Matthew and Genesis, baptisms/testimonies, mission and leadership announcements, and a central sermon on 'wrestling with God' (Genesis 32) calling believers to honest, transformative prayer and wholehearted discipleship.
“Jacob has an encounter with God, receives a new name when asked 'what is your name,' and walks away limping.”
Pastor Daniel Batarseh taught practical, foundational tools for studying the Bible: read the whole Bible systematically, read slowly and meditatively, ask the text disciplined questions, use cross-references (Bible interprets Bible), notice concrete details, watch for repetition, and apply New Covenant and Christ-centered lenses. He framed Bible study as essential to discipleship and church mission, illustrated each tool with biblical examples (Abraham, Jacob, Peter, Jude, Luke, John, Genesis, Revelation) and led a short group exercise in Genesis 18.
“Jacob... it's not until he has a radical encounter with God, it's not until he has a new name and a new sense of calling, he's actually able to shake it off.”
Jon Tyson preaches that the gospel frees people from the power of their past by practicing a biblical form of 'forgetting,' embracing a redeemed time orientation, and living from the future God promises. Using Paul as an example and drawing on psychological insights about time perspective, he calls listeners to surrender their guilt and shame to Jesus and press toward the new life God offers.
“That night, Jacob got up, took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the fort of the Jabbok.”
A packed Inland Empire Sunday service featuring worship, communion reflections on Job, teaching from Matthew and Genesis, baptisms/testimonies, mission and leadership announcements, and a central sermon on 'wrestling with God' (Genesis 32) calling believers to honest, transformative prayer and wholehearted discipleship.
“Jacob is ambushed by a mysterious angel; he holds on and wrestles with him all night.”
Pastor Mark E. Lewis preaches from Genesis 27 on the theme "Broken But Still Blessed," showing how Jacob—flawed and deceptive—is nonetheless the recipient of God's blessing, and calling listeners to embrace authenticity, rely on God's timing, and receive God's grace and salvation.
“Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him.”
A worship/service sermon (Mahal Ako ng Diyos) encouraging believers to cling to God's love amid trials — using Psalm 138, Romans, Jacob's wrestling, testimonies of conversion and healing, and an invitation to believe the Gospel.
“Wrestling like Jacob for the blessing (Jacob's night of wrestling).”
David Thomas exhorts the congregation to pursue a tenacious, heart-broken form of prayer—what he calls travailing prayer or a “love that cannot be silenced”—arguing that sustained, repentant, tearful intercession is the groundwork for revival. Drawing on a recent outpouring at Asbury, historical awakenings, and a Gospel story of a desperate father, he invites Hillsong to reclaim persistent prayer, expect God’s presence in worship, and commit to praying until breakthrough comes.
“Jacob kumapit ng husto sa angel, a theophany ng Lord para i-bless siya (Jacob wrestling with the angel).”
A worship/service sermon (Mahal Ako ng Diyos) encouraging believers to cling to God's love amid trials — using Psalm 138, Romans, Jacob's wrestling, testimonies of conversion and healing, and an invitation to believe the Gospel.
“Now when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the socket of his hip, and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as he wrestled with him.”
A worship/service sermon (Mahal Ako ng Diyos) encouraging believers to cling to God's love amid trials — using Psalm 138, Romans, Jacob's wrestling, testimonies of conversion and healing, and an invitation to believe the Gospel.
“Reference to Jacob wrestling with God: “I will not let you go until you change my life” (paraphrase of Jacob’s plea for a blessing).”
Pastor Lao preached a call to personally encounter Jesus — moving from hearing about Him to looking upon and touching Him — and urged radical hunger, obedience (keeping Christ's commands), repentance, devoted worship, and faithful offerings as keys that unlock God's promises and provision.
“Jacob wrestled with the angel and declared, 'I will not let you go until you bless me.'”
A Bible study on Blind Bartimaeus that examines causes and effects of physical blindness, narrates Bartimaeus's persistent plea for mercy and healing, and applies the story to spiritual blindness and the gospel response of faith, repentance, baptism, and receiving the Holy Spirit.
“And he said, 'Let me go, for the day breaks.' But he said, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.'”
A worship/service sermon (Mahal Ako ng Diyos) encouraging believers to cling to God's love amid trials — using Psalm 138, Romans, Jacob's wrestling, testimonies of conversion and healing, and an invitation to believe the Gospel.
“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 asks his name, renames him Israel, and 'he blessed him there.'”
A packed Inland Empire Sunday service featuring worship, communion reflections on Job, teaching from Matthew and Genesis, baptisms/testimonies, mission and leadership announcements, and a central sermon on 'wrestling with God' (Genesis 32) calling believers to honest, transformative prayer and wholehearted discipleship.
“Paraphrase of Jacob wrestling, asking for a blessing and saying 'tell me your name' (the account where Jacob is renamed Israel).”
A packed Inland Empire Sunday service featuring worship, communion reflections on Job, teaching from Matthew and Genesis, baptisms/testimonies, mission and leadership announcements, and a central sermon on 'wrestling with God' (Genesis 32) calling believers to honest, transformative prayer and wholehearted discipleship.
“He changes his name and says that you will now be Israel, one who wrestles with God and with man and overcomes.”
A packed Inland Empire Sunday service featuring worship, communion reflections on Job, teaching from Matthew and Genesis, baptisms/testimonies, mission and leadership announcements, and a central sermon on 'wrestling with God' (Genesis 32) calling believers to honest, transformative prayer and wholehearted discipleship.
“Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, 'For I have seen God face to face...'; the sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.”
Pastor Daniel Batarseh taught practical, foundational tools for studying the Bible: read the whole Bible systematically, read slowly and meditatively, ask the text disciplined questions, use cross-references (Bible interprets Bible), notice concrete details, watch for repetition, and apply New Covenant and Christ-centered lenses. He framed Bible study as essential to discipleship and church mission, illustrated each tool with biblical examples (Abraham, Jacob, Peter, Jude, Luke, John, Genesis, Revelation) and led a short group exercise in Genesis 18.
“He named it pineal (Peniel) — "he never forgot when he saw God face to face" (reference to Jacob)”
A packed Inland Empire Sunday service featuring worship, communion reflections on Job, teaching from Matthew and Genesis, baptisms/testimonies, mission and leadership announcements, and a central sermon on 'wrestling with God' (Genesis 32) calling believers to honest, transformative prayer and wholehearted discipleship.
Every reference on this page was extracted from the transcript of a real sermon in a public Sermon Mind church library. Quotes reflect each preacher’s own reading of the text.