Key verse-Genesis 35:1
Song-184 'panapo pendo'
Sermon based on the theme of revival and reformation.
After jacob was running away from his brother afer stealing his
blessings on his way to his uncle laban he fell asleep on the desert
and saw stairs leading up to heaven and angels going up and down
When he went back home from working getting rachel he did not found
his parents but found his brother esau who took him .
In Shekem
His sons later after hearing news of a raping of his daughter, they
got up and slaughtered all the men of the area. Now when the people of
the area wanted revenge he looked at his life.
Genesis 35:1
When God told him to head to Bethel.
He told his sons that when he schemed against his brother he did not
wish for much of the wealth that followed but rather for Gods favor.
Genesis 28:13
He went to make a a sanctuary at the location of the stairs he saw in his sleep.
But for him to go back to Bethel there were conditions
Genesis 35:2
One of the conditions was to put away all the strange Gods they
had,change their clothes and be clean so that he could go to make a
sanctuary for the God who was with him in times of his despair.
Question-are there issues in our families today.
All these problems require us to go down memory lane.
When problems get tough in our families we should revisit Jacob's story.
We want to have revivals in our family.
Steps should be followed
Put away all the gods we keep. Eg
Gossip,
Question. -What is the ladder John 1:51-
The ladder is Jesus Christ
2-purify your selves from all the sins you committed through your
killings at Shekem.
Today using our words and our tthoughts we have done the same as.
3-arise we wake up and go to bethel
We should take the step personally
John 4:14
We should ask God to speak to us,bless us,change our names from Jacob
meaning liar ,and promises to Abraham of flowing blessings ,those who
want to have their families with them in heaven.
Song 138
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