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00:19 >>John Bradshaw: This is It Is Written. 00:20 I'm John Bradshaw. Thanks for joining me. 00:23 Twins! Double trouble-- or a doublble blessing. 00:26 Twins are a marvel. 00:28 Three percent of pregnanes result in twins, 00:31 and there are mo twins being born now 00:33 than there were a generaon ago. 00:35 Identical twins, ao known as monozygotic twins, 00:39 ppen when a single egg is fertilized and then didivides. 00:42 And they're always the sasame gender. 00:45 Nonidenticalal twins, dizygotic twins, 00:48 comento existence when two separate eggs are fertilizized 00:52 and implanted in the womb. 00:54 Conjoined ins are born physically connected 00:56 to each other. 00:57 The embryo only partiay separates, 01:00 so two fetuses devevelop joined together. 01:03 There are astronautwins, 01:05 sporting tns, 01:07 billionaire twins. 01:09 There are twin towers and twtwin peaks and twin mattresses. 01:13 But wewe're looking at, at actual twins. 01:16 One famous twins sry is that of the "Jim twins" 01:19 who were separated at birth, 01:21 as c chronicled by Dr. Nancy Segal in her book "Ewined Lives." 01:26 They lived completely separate lives 01:28 until theyey were reunited when they were almost 40 yes old. 01:32 Adopted by different famils, they grew up 40 miles apart. 01:36 Both families namedd the boys James. 01:39 And they both went by Jim. 01:41 They gave their pepet dogs the same name. 01:44 They married women who had the same ne-- 01:47 not just once, b but twice. 01:49 They both had a n and gave them the same name, 01:53 first and middle. 01:55 They both drove Chevrolet cars. 01:57 They even vacaoned at the same beach in Florida. 02:01 Of course, the Jims weren't the same in n every respect, 02:04 but ththat's a lot of similarities. 02:07 The first twins in t the Bible show up around 1800 BC. 02:11 And they weren't just a mamarvel; they were a miracle. 02:16 ♪[soft music]♪ 02:17 We're continuing our ongoing serieses 02:19 "Great Character of the Bible," 02:21 and we're looking at the life of a biblical twin, Jacob. 02:26 Jacob and Esau were the in sons of Isaac and Rebekah. 02:30 God had promised their grgrandfather Abraham 02:33 that through him "the earth [would] belessed." 02:36 OnOne of the twins would be the line through whi 02:39 the Chririst Child would be born. 02:42 But these boys were not alike.e. 02:44 They we as different as sunshine and rain. 02:48 Esau w was a hunter, while Jacob was more of a homebo. 02:52 And their differences were demonstrat in their choices. 02:55 One yieldehis life to God, and one did not. 02:59 Anin their experiences we see salvation and redempmption. 03:02 We s failure and dysfunction. 03:04 Anwe see the goodness and mercy and justice of Godod. 03:08 Isaac was the son of Abraham. 03:11 He married Rebekah, o couldn't have children. 03:14 Now, the inability to have childrenen can be a real burden. 03:18 Most couples who wanant children can conceive. 03:21 But roughly 1 in 10 men and women 03:23 are affected by y infertility. 03:25 So what Rebekah was facingwas something that, 03:28 at least today, isn't especially rare 03:31 and shouldn't carry any sort of stig. 03:34 But Rebekah's casese was different. 03:37 It was known that the Messiah would come from AbAbraham's line 03:41 through Isaac. 03:43 Rebekah had to conceive, or there'd be no Messiah. 03:47 In this s case, Rebekah's infertility was an opportuty 03:51 for God to interve and to reveal that His hand 03:54 was on heaven's plan for the woworld. 03:58 Genenesis 25:21 says, 04:00 "Now Isaacac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, 04:02 "because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, 04:06 and Rebekah his wife conceiveded." 04:09 But Rebekah feared for her r pregnancy. 04:12 It seemed things weren't gogoing well. 04:14 "But the children struggle together within her; 04:16 "and she said, 'If all is well, , why am I like this?' 04:21 "So e went to inquire of the Lord. 04:23 "And the Lord said to her:r: 'Two nations are in your womb, 04:27 "'two peoples shall be separated from yr body; 04:30 "'one people shall be stronger than the other, 04:33 and the olr shall serve the younger.'" 04:36 Twins! 04:38 "And the first came out red. 04:40 "He was like a hairy garment all over; 04:42 "so they called his name Esau. Afterward s brother came out, 04:46 "and his hand took hold ofof Esau's heel; 04:49 so his name was called Jacob." 04:52 It's a as though these boys came out fighting. 04:55 They were fighting in their mother's womb. 04:57 Now, there's something we nd to remember 04:59 in order to understand ththe drama in this story. 05:02 It was tradition that the firstbororn son became heir 05:05 to his fatr's property. 05:08 But he not only inherited a double portion 05:10 of his father's wealth; ; he was also designated to be 05:14 the spiritual leader ofhe family. 05:17 Th was a big deal. 05:19 The elder son was obligated to dote his life to God 05:23 and live accccording to the will of God. 05:27 But even though Esau s the rightful heir 05:29 to Isaac's fortunes and the spirual leader 05:31 of the nt generation, that didn't mean much to him, 05:35 esespecially the spiritual leader part. 05:39 He'd heard all aut God, 05:40 but at knowledge didn't change his heart. 05:44 In fact, Hebrews2:16 describes Esau 05:47 as a "profane person..., 05:50 who for one morsel of [meat] soldld his birthright." 05:54 Jacob, however, didn't care as much abt this fortune 05:56 as he did abouthe spiritual blessings 05:58 handeded down to the firstborn. 06:01 He'd been told by s mother that God would use him 06:04 to lead the stronger nation. 06:06 But instead of waitingng on God to bring about His plan, 06:10 Jacob decided to help God along. 06:13 You u know, that never works. 06:16 God has His own timing, and when we inrfere with that, 06:20 we spoil God's perfect plan and make troublele for ourselves. 06:27 This is at happened. 06:28 One day Esau went hunting, evideny without any success. 06:32 He c came home starving, and he saw Jacob sittinby the fire 06:35 stirring a pot of red lentils. 06:38 You can imagine how gooda pot of lentils 06:39 cooked with onion and gagarlic smelled to hungry Esau. 06:44 And d "Esau said to Jacob, 'Please feed me 06:46 "with that same d stew, for I am weary.' ... But Jacob said, 06:51 "'Sell me your birthght as of this day.' And Esau said, 06:54 "'Look, I am about to o die; so what is this birthright to me?' 06:59 "Then n Jacob said, 'Swear to me as of this day.' 07:02 "So he swo to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 07:06 "And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentntils; 07:11 "then he ate and drank arose, and went his way. 07:15 Thus Esau despised his birthrightht." 07:18 Esau d disqualified himself to be the spiritual leer 07:22 or priest of the family by what he hadone. 07:25 In fact, hisife demonstrated 07:26 thatat God wasn't his chief concern. 07:29 He later marrieded not one but two Hittite women, heathen wom. 07:33 That was well outside what was expected from oror even permitted 07:37 for one upon whom the birthright rted. 07:39 Selling his spiritual blessing 07:43 Without even thinking about showed how little what he had jujust given away, he respecteded God. 07:47 Esau said goodbye and left. 07:50 And Jacob--Jacob ran ahead ofod's providence, 07:54 just as Abraham d in fathering Ishmael. 07:59 But while we're lookingat Esau's folly, 08:02 we can't overlook the fact 08:04 that Jacob does not come out of this smelling l like roses. 08:07 Jacob had a dark, ceitful streak. 08:11 We look at that in just a moment. 08:14 ♪[music increases and endnds]♪♪ 08:23 >>John: There is power in the Word of God 08:25 and powewer available to you through the promises of d. 08:30 God nts you to experience that power, and so do I. 08:33 I'd like y you to have today's free offer, "Promises of Per," 08:36 new from It Is Written.. 08:38 To receive "Promiseses of Power," 08:39 call 800-253-300000. 08:43 You could write to the address on your screen 08:44 or visit us online at iiwoffer.com 08:49 and be sure you rereceive "Promises of Power." 08:54 >>Johnradshaw: Thanks for joining me on It Is WrWritten. 08:56 Jacob basically indled Esau out of the birthright. 09:00 Jacob coveted the birthrigight. 09:02 And d knowing Esau was desperately hungry 09:04 and that Esau would've done justbout anything for food 09:06 at tt time, he took advantage of not only his brother'r's hunger 09:10 but also his carelesessness about spiritual things, 09:13 and he bought the birthrig from him. 09:16 Esau made a a declaration: 09:18 "I don't really care about t this stuff." 09:21 But Jacob mamade a declaration, too: 09:23 "I can be a lowlife when I wanna be." 09:26 And that wasn't the only time Jacob was preped to stoop low 09:30 in order t to get what he wanted. 09:36 I'm now old, and I don't know Years later, Isaac how much lononger I'll live. called Esau ansaid, 09:40 So "take your...bow, anand go...[hunting]" 09:42 and make some of that food I like smuch-- 09:46 seems likely that they would've eaten together-r-- 09:48 "that my soul may bless you before I die." 09:53 Isaac didn know that Rebekah was in the shadows listening.. 09:57 She prefererred Jacob and wanted to see God's will don 10:01 that Jacobould receive the birthright. 10:04 As soon as Esau left, she hurried to Jacob and told him 10:07 to bringwo young goats from the herd and kill them 10:10 and cook them the same way that Esau coed venison. 10:14 She was sure that Isaac would never know the difference. 10:18 But Jacob wasn't so sure. 10:19 Esau was hairy, and Jacob was nonot. 10:22 If his father touched him, he'd figure out the deception, 10:25 and he'd be more likely to reive a curse from his father 10:28 than a blessing. 10:29 But Rebekah was s insistent. 10:31 She said, "Let your cursee be on me, my son; 10:35 only obey my v voice, and go, get them for me." 10:39 So Jacob w was in a tough placace. Does he disobey his mother, 10:43 does he outright deceive his father? 10:46 So who was in the wrong here? 10:47 Rekah for instructing Jacob to deceive his father? 10:50 Or Jacob for obeyinger and deceiving his father, 10:53 knowing full well that the truth would evtually come out? 10:56 Or do we blame Esau for being so self-cecentered 10:58 and caring so little for the e birthright? 11:01 Or maybe Isaac? If he'd simply oyed God 11:04 and given the birthright to the one GoGod intended it to go to, 11:08 this whole thing could've been avoideded. 11:11 Rebekah wantining Jacob to be Isaac's heir 11:14 coinced Jacob to put animal skins on his arms, 11:18 just in case Isaac grew suspicious. 11:21 Jacob had to have looked ridiculous, 11:25 and he musust have felt terrible for deceiving his father 11:29 so egregiously. 11:31 But the plan word. Isaac blessed Jacob, saying, 11:35 "Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. 11:40 "Be master over ur brethren, and let your mother's sons 11:43 "bow down to you. . Cursed be everyone who curses you, 11:48 and blessed be tse who bless you!" 11:51 But no sooner had Jacob left his fatheher's presence 11:54 than Esau entered with a pot of stewew. 11:57 It didt take long to figure out what had happened. 11:59 Rebekah and Jacob had succeeded in obtaini the blessing, 12:02 but au was furious and wanted to kill his brother. 12:06 Rebekah ged Jacob to flee for his life 12:08 and go to her brother Laban. 12:10 What a mess Rebekakah found herself in. 12:12 She lost her husband's trust. She lost Esas love. 12:16 And she never saw Jacob again. 12:19 Jacob fled from the camp, 12:21 leaving behind a disappointed father, a tearfuful mother, 12:24 and a brother who wanted to kill him. 12:27 Deception never pays. 12:30 Nobody winwhen you run ahead of God. 12:35 With nothing more an a staff, Jacob had to travel on foot 12:39 hundredsds of miles through a country inhabited 12:42 by wild, rovg tribes to the home of his uncle Laban. 12:46 Compounding the physical hardship, 12:49 Jacob was humiliated,, lonely, and cast off. 12:52 He didn't know if he would ever s home again. 12:55 He had no onto talk to but God, and God listened 12:59 as His wayward son poured out h heart. 13:03 Then, exhausted, Jacob lay down on the ground 13:05 with a stone for a pillow and fell asleep. 13:10 It was then that Godid a marvelous thing 13:13 that's encouraged people like JaJacob down through the years. 13:17 He gave him a vision of a a bright and shining ladder; 13:20 its base rested on the earth 13:23 while the top reached all the way to hven. 13:26 Angels were ascending and descending on n the ladder, 13:29 and above it sat the Lord. 13:32 Jacob heard God's voice saying, 13:35 "I am the Lord God of Abraham yourather, 13:38 "and the God of Isaac; the land o on which you lie 13:41 I will give to you and your descendants." 13:44 He then went on to reaeassure this lonely wanderer 13:47 at through him all the earth would bebe blessed. 13:51 It would be through his linee that Christ would be born. 13:55 And He reassured Jacob: 13:56 "'Behold, I am with you anand will keep you wherever you go, 14:00 "'and will bring you backck to this land; 14:02 "'for I will not leave youou 14:03 "u"until I have done what I have spoken to you.' 14:06 "Thehen Jacob awoke from his sleep and [he] said 14:08 'Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did n not know it.'" 14:18 You can be at your absolute that God is right there with You know, this you, encouragingng you to look up. lowest, and yeyet you can know showus something. 14:23 That ladder represented Jes, 14:24 who me to earth to connect this planet with heaven. 14:28 Angels are cstantly going up and down from heaven to earth 14:32 and from eararth to heaven on our behalf. 14:37 God has not forsaken His people. And He hasn't forsaken you. 14:39 HeHe's the same God today that He was to Jacob 14:42 All you have to do is come to Himbroken and weary. 14:46 Pour out to Him your fears, your heartache and your sins. 14:50 And He will forgive you. 14:52 Jacob felt God's presence strongly in that place 14:55 that he exclaimed, 14:57 "This is none other than the hou of God, 15:01 and thisis is the gate of heaven!" 15:04 Now, consider this. Jacob haddone a truly lousy thing. 15:10 He collaboted with his mother in deception. 15:13 He swindled his brother, 15:15 and he coldheartedly lied to his fathther, taking advantage 15:19 of his fatather's advanced age and his father's blindne. 15:23 That's low. 15:26 But God didn't't cast him off. 15:28 Kning Jacob was truly repentant, 15:30 d renewed His covenant with him: 15:32 "I am with you and will keepep you wherever you go, 15:34 and will bring you back to this land." 15:36 Genesis 285. 15:38 I tell you, God is gracious and fororgiving. 15:42 This doesn't mean anyone should be blasé é about sin. 15:45 MeMercy shouldn't lead you to be presumptuous. 15:48 Jacob paid an enormous price for his sin, 15:51 but God was forgivining. 15:54 And just as He was willing to forgive Jacob,, 15:57 whout-and-out deceived his loving father, 16:01 you know thahat God is willing to forgive you and restore y. 16:06 Jacob filly arrived at a well 16:08 and found that the shepherds there e were from Haran. 16:11 That was where Abrahaham began his long journey-- 16:13 from Haran to Canaan. 16:16 The shepheherds knew Laban, Abraham's nephew, 16:18 and troduced Jacob to a beautiful young woman. 16:22 Many years before, h his mother Rebekah met someone 16:24 at this very same wellll and left home to marry Isaac. 16:29 And now herere was Rebekah's son. 16:32 History was about to be repeat-- 16:34 with a certain wrinkle.. 16:36 Jacocob lived and worked with his uncle Laban fo20 years. 16:40 Thfirst seven years of labor was to earn the hand of f Rachel. 16:44 The Bible says his love for Rachel was so great 16:47 that those seven years seemed to him like "a w days." 16:50 But Laban deceived t the deceiver 16:54 and gave Jacob Leah instead of Rachel. 16:58 Jacob was now stuck with a woman thate didn't even love, 17:01 d Laban continued to swindle Jacob. 17:04 He changed Jacob's wages 10 times. 17:07 He lied to him. His sons treateJacob harshly 17:10 because Jacocob's sheep were healthier than theirs 17:13 and his animals bred prolififically. 17:15 The cheater was beg cheated. 17:18 So can a trarail of lies turn into a blessing? 17:22 'll find out in just a moment, 17:23 along with the prayer that will completely change your life. 17:28 ♪[music increases and ends]♪♪ 17:37 >>Johnhn: There is power in the Word of God 17:39 and power available to you thugh the promises of God. 17:44 God wants you to experience that power, and so do I. 17:47 I'd like you to have today's ee offer, "Promises of Power," 17:50 new from It Is Written. 17:52 To receive "Promises of Power," 17:54 call 800-253-3000. 17:57 You could write to the address on your scre 17:59 or visitit us online at iiwoffer.com 18:03 and be sure you receive "Promises of Per." 18:08 >>John: The backstory of the Bibible 18:10 is the sry of how Satan attacked the character of God 18:14 d proposed his own system for running the univererse, 18:18 a a system of selfishness and taking-- 18:22 a system that's en in effect on the earth 18:24 since humans first sinned... 18:27 a system that is complete and utter failure. 18:33 Join me for "The Choice," 18:36 the finachapter of It Is Written series 18:39 "Prequel of the Bie." 18:41 We'l'll discuss how even in a world damaged by si 18:45 we can still observe e evidences 18:47 of how God intended the world to operate. 18:51 And we'll look forward to the sequel of e Bible, 18:57 the glorious future for those who choose Him. d has in store 19:00 Don'n't miss "The Choice," 19:04 part 5 of our five-part series on It Is Written TV. "Prequel of the BiBible" 19:11 to return to Canaan. And he knew >>John Bradshaw: Eventually Jacob left Labanan's home that along t the way 19:14 he was gonna come face to face with his broer Esau, 19:17 the man who wanted t to kill him. 19:19 Knowing g he was in a tough situation, Jacob prayed. 19:23 In a lonely untain region, 19:25 Jab fell upon the ground in deep distress. 19:28 About midnight a man appeared from out o of nowhere. 19:32 Jacob thought someone had d come to kill him, 19:34 tried to fight the man o off. 19:35 The two wrestled and fought for hours 19:38 untitil just before daybreak. 19:40 When the strangesaw that Jacob would not let him go, 19:43 he touched Jacobob's thigh, and instantly it was injured. 19:47 Then Jacob knew he'd been contending witith Someone 19:50 with more than human power. 19:52 So Jac clung to Him and pleaded for mercy. 19:55 The Stranger said, "LeLet me go, for [it is daybreak]." 19:58 But Jacob said, "I will l not let You go unless You bless me!" 20:03 Genesis 32:26. 20:05 And there's th prayer: 20:07 "I will not let t You go unless You bless me." 20:11 How could that prayer change your life? 20:14 Let's say you're in the middle of arial of some kind. 20:17 Maybe your marriage is failing. 20:18 You have financial troububles. 20:21 Your children are making p poor decisions. 20:23 Pray Jacob's prayer: 20:25 "I will not let You go unless You bleless me!" 20:29 God, my faitith is in You. I have no other hope. 20:34 I'm holding on to You, and I'm not letting g go. 20:38 God answers prayers like tha 20:40 Now, tt doesn't mean that you get everything you want.t. 20:43 It means that even when thingsgs don't work out, 20:47 you hang on to God, and you don't let gogo. 20:51 I spoke once with a dear lady who asked me to visit her 20:54 in a nursing home in which she lived. 20:56 She saidid to me, "Pastor, I've only ever had cancer 21:00 in a part of my body where I have two of f something." 21:04 She said, "I lost a kikidney to cancer, but I had one more. 21:08 "I lost a breast to canc, but I had one more. 21:12 I lost an eye to cancer, but I haveve another eye." 21:16 And then she said, "But I only have one ver." 21:22 Shhad liver cancer, and the doctors could offer heher 21:25 no hopope at all from a medical point of view. 21:29 I said to her,r, "So, so how do you feel about that?" 21:32 She smiled at me, smiled at me, and she said, 21:37 "Pastor, mand Jesus are going to get through this together."." 21:44 I officiated at her funeral service, 21:46 and I know thahat on the day when the dead in Christ shall re, 21:51 she's s gonna come up out of the grave offering praes to God. 21:56 Like Jacob, she never let Him m go, and He did bless her. 22:02 You're gonna get to meet that lady o day; I'm sure of it. 22:07 And whatat does God do with faith like that? 22:10 "He said to [Jacob], 'What is your name?' 22:12 "He said, 'Jacob.' And He said, 22:14 "'Your name shall no longer be called Jaco but Israel; 22:18 "'for yoyou have struggled with God and with men, 22:21 and have preiled.'" 22:22 Now,w, this is interesting. Years later, the proet Jeremiah 22:25 compared Jacob's struggle toto a battle that God's children 22:29 would go through just bebefore the Second Coming of Jesus. 22:32 "We have heard a voioice of trembling, of fear, 22:34 "and not of peace.... all faces are tuturned into paleness? 22:38 "Alas! for that daday is great, so that none is like it: 22:41 "it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; 22:43 but he shall b saved out of it." 22:46 That's Jeremiah 30, verses 5 throughgh 7. 22:49 The prophet Daniel also referredo Jacob's trouble 22:51 when he wrote, 22:52 "At that time Miael shall stand up, 22:55 "the great prince who stands watch over e sons 22:57 "of ur people; and there shall be a time of trouble,, 23:01 "s"such as never was since there was a nation, ev to that time. 23:05 "And at that time your people shall be delivered, 23:08 every one who is found written n in the book." 23:10 Daniel 12:1. 23:12 Which suggests to me that even in the great coconflicts 23:16 soon to come to this world, 23:18 if you jusust hang on to Jesus by faith, 23:21 He's gonna see you through. 23:23 FoFor 20 years Jacob had struggled with the guilt 23:25 of his deception and the ar of losing his life. 23:28 He obtained a victory that night 23:30 en he finally made the Lord his total dependencece. 23:34 And that's whatrials coming to the world call us to exercise: 23:37 total dependence o on the Lord. 23:40 Jacob and Esau were reconciled. That was miracle in itself. 23:44 The Bible says, "Esau ran to meet him, and embracaced him, 23:48 and fell on his neck and kissed him, and th wept." 23:53 You can imagine e Jacob's relief. 23:55 I can imagine Jacob saying to himsf, 23:58 "God has been faithfulul again, 23:59 and I haven't deserved y of His blessings." 24:02 Jacob and Esau buried eir father together. 24:06 That word "togetether" paints such a beautiful picture in my mi: 24:09 twin brothers s who once hated each other now side by side, 24:14 regretting the past, but looking forward toto the future. 24:19 Their story illurates how broken relationships 24:21 can be mended and restored by the grace of a loving God. 24:27 It also illustrates how your choices 24:29 determine your course inin life. 24:32 Both E Esau and Jacob had been instructed 24:35 in the knowledge of God, 24:36 and both were ee to walk in His commandments. 24:39 ThThe decision to follow God has eternal conseqnces. 24:44 The decision to walk apart from God 24:47 also has eternal consesequences. 24:50 God extends the invitatation to follow Him. 24:54 He says in Jososhua 24:15, 24:56 "Choose you this day whom [you] will serve. 25:00 Jacob becamesrael, 25:02 which means sothing like "a prince of God" 25:05 or "he rules with God." 25:08 Jacob's 12 sons becameme the progenitors 25:11 ofhe 12 tribes of Israel. 25:13 Jacob wasn't the pererfect man, 25:15 but theneither was his grandfather, 25:18 and the Bible calls him "faithful Abrahaham." 25:22 Jacob, who bame Israel, a twin, a miracle birth, 25:28 and a lifefe of faith. 25:31 How is it with you? Which Jacob do you rate to? 25:34 The man of faith w who trusted God, who repented, 25:37 who was s chosen by God to produce a great nation? 25:40 Or do you relate better to the faulty Jacob, the conniver, 25:44 the calculating Jacob? 25:46 There's a littlele or, or maybe a lot of that in everyone. 25:49 We're all faulty. 25:51 But ifif you are flawed Jacob, you can be victoriouIsrael. 25:57 Hold on to God by faith. 26:00 Refuse to let go until He blesses you. 26:03 And watcGod transform your life 26:06 and prepare you for eternity. 26:10 >>John: Thank you for remembering that IIs Written 26:12 exists because of the kindnessss of people just like you. 26:16 To support this s international life-changing ministry, 26:19 please calall us now at 800-253-3000. 26:23 You can send your tax-deductible gif 26:25 to the aress on your screen, 26:26 or you can visit uonline at itiswritten.com. 26:30 Thank you for your prayers andfor your financial support. 26:33 Our number again is 800-253-3000, 26:37 or you can visit us onne at itiswritten.com. 26:41 >>John: Let's pray together now. 26:43 Our Father in heaven, I amrateful today 26:45 for the encouragement und in the story of Jacob, 26:49 brought into this world by miraculous meanans 26:52 and then brought back to Yourur heart 26:54 by the miracle of f repentance. 26:57 You u show us in the life of Jacob that You're not ne with people 27:00 when thefall into sin, 27:01 and that people who do even despicable things 27:04 can be drawn back to Your heartand to a place of victory. 27:08 Friend, you might see yourself as flaw Jacob. 27:13 God sees you as victorious Israel.l. 27:15 Would you u be victorious Israel right now? 27:18 Would you accept that heart change, that new n name, 27:20 ththat change of mind and change of life from Go 27:22 If y want that, 27:23 would you open up p your heart to God right now? 27:26 Tellod you wish for Him to come into your life. 27:27 Let's pray that prayer. Father, right now 27:30 there's sosomeone, or some ones, asking You 27:32 to fill their hearts with Youpresence. 27:35 We thank You that in the e moment of surrender, 27:36 we have the asrance of salvation. 27:39 Keep us now, dearod, we pray. 27:41 In Jesus' name, amen. 27:45 Thank you so much for joining . 27:46 I'm looking forward to seeing yougain next time. 27:48 Until ththen, remember: 27:51 "It is writt, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, 27:55 but by every word thatat proceeds from the mouth of God.'" 27:59 ♪[dramatic theme musisic]♪ 28:24 ♪[music ends]s]♪♪ |
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