WHAT WAS JACOB'S BLESSING?

1 - HE WAS SAVED FROM GREAT PERIL {vs 11}

-Genesis 27:41-45
-It came by much prayer

2 - HE WAS FORGIVEN A GREAT WRONG {Gen 33:4}

-Gen 33:8-9
-There are blessings in forgiving and being forgiven

3 - A BREACH HAD BEEN HEALED {Gen 33:4}

-Gen 43:30, 45:2-5, 14-15; Luke 15:20

4 - THERE WAS A NEW NAME AND A NEW RANK {vs 28}

5 - HE WAS NOW UNDER THE FAVOR OF GOD {Gen 48:15-16}

WHAT WAS THE PLACE OF BLESSING?

1 - A PLACE OF GREAT TRIAL {vv 6-7}

2 - A PLACE OF HUMBLE CONFESSION {vv 9-11}

3 - A PLACE OF GREAT PLEADING {vs 24, 26}

4 - A PLACE OF GREAT COMMUNION {vs 30}

5 - A PLACE OF WEAKNESS {vs 25}

HOS 12:2-4 - WE CAN HAVE THE SAME POWER AS JACOB HAD