Genesis 32:9-12 KJV
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Jacob's prayer before he met Esau began long before he wrestled all night with the angel. Prayer is much more than merely getting what we want from the Lord. Jacob's prayer included
A rehearsal of the Word of God to Jacob
A confession of his sinfulness and
A humbling of himself before the Lord
I want to be a man of prayer. I want to be the sort of Christian who is as well known for a life of prayer as for anything else.
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Jacob's prayer before he met Esau began long before he wrestled all night with the angel. Prayer is much more than merely getting what we want from the Lord. Jacob's prayer included
A rehearsal of the Word of God to Jacob
A confession of his sinfulness and
A humbling of himself before the Lord
I want to be a man of prayer. I want to be the sort of Christian who is as well known for a life of prayer as for anything else.
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