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Striving with God. Genesis 32:22-32. We know God doesn’t cause difficulties. “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man” ( Js 1:13 ). God uses difficulties to shape & to mold us. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Strivingwith God
Genesis32:22-32
Striving with God
•We know God doesn’t cause difficulties.▫“Let no man say when he is tempted, I am
tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man” (Js 1:13).
•God uses difficulties to shape & to mold us.▫“We know that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” (Rom 8:28).
Striving with God
•Jacob’s not the best of men as we’re introduced to him.▫He tricks his brother into giving up his
birthright (Gen 25:29-34).▫Rebekah & Jacob trick Isaac into giving Jacob
Esau’s blessing (Gen 27:1-29).•But, “Striving with God,” changes Jacob.
▫He gets a new name & new identity.▫When God instructs him to build an altar, Jacob
has his family put away their pagan gods (Gen 35:1-4).
▫He dies with great faith: “I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD” (Gen 49:18).
God willscar usin order
to shape us.
Genesis32:22-32
God willscar usin order
to shape us.
Striving with God
•God disciplines us out of great love (Heb 12:5b-10).
•Struggles are an opportunity to rely on God (2 Cor 1:8-10).
•Struggles are an opportunity for our character to grow (Js 1:2-4).
•Struggles are an opportunity to learn to comfort others (2 Cor 1:3-4).
•Struggles are an opportunity to grow in prayer (Js 5:16b-18).
Striving with God
How would our lives be impacted from fully understanding that “God will scar us in order to shape us”?
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