Genesis 32:25

It is never easy to face our fears and to go back to deal with an unresolved issue from our past. Running away doesn’t always solve the issue and you may find similar problems appearing in other relationships, if that old issue has not been resolved. Jacob’s wrestle led to his blessing and this changed his character.…

Disappointments color everything with a colorless gray. We then view God with this untrustworthy colorless gray. You can find God again.…

Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I (Jacob) will not let you go unless you bless me.” (Genesis 32:24,26 NASB)…

Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I (Jacob) will not let you go unless you bless me.” (Genesis 32:24,26 NASB)…

The Lord spoke to Jacob, saying, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed” (Genesis 32:28) . Here in Genesis, for the first time, we hear the name “Israel” given by God Himself to Jacob, the patriarch of twelve sons who…