LIVING YOUR LIFE Genesis 32:24-30 Pastor Alan Dionson November 12, 2023
Introduction
Five Things You Cannot Control
• Everything changes and ends.
• Things do not always go according to plan.
• Life is not always fair.
• Pain is part of life.
• People are not always loving and loyal all the time.
A. EMBRACE THE PROCESS
1. Work hard (Genesis 30:25-26)
2. Be responsible and dependable (Genesis 30:27-29)
3. Gain new skills and understanding (Genesis 30:37-43)
4. Put a premium on character (Genesis 31:38-42)
5. Navigate the challenges in relationships (Genesis 33:1-5)
B. DON’T LOSE THE BIG PICTURE
1. The initial picture (Genesis 27:28-29; 28:3-4)
2. The in-between (Genesis 30:25; 31:1-3)
3. The final picture (Genesis 32:9-10, 28)
C. TRUST GOD’S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE
1. God assures us (Genesis 28:16-18)
2. God transforms us (Genesis 32:28-30)
Conclusion
Exodus 3:13, 15 13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”….14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ “This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.”
