Introduction

Sermon in a Sentence: When everything and everyone you depend upon is removed, depend upon God.

1. Fickle Dependence [Genesis 32:1–23]
     a. Jacob Depends Upon His Wisdom [Genesis 32:1–8, cf. Gen. 28:10–22, 28:16, 27:36, 33:4, 14:1–24]
     b. Jacob Depends Upon God’s Word of Promise in Prayer [Genesis 32:9–12]
     c. Jacob Depends Upon His Wealth [Genesis 32:13–21]
     d. Jacob Depends Upon the Women and Children [Genesis 32:22–23]

2. Full Dependence [Genesis 32:24–32]
     a. Alone with the Almighty [Genesis 32:24–25, cf. Gen. 29:10, 31:38–40; 2 Cor. 12:9]
     b. Broken, but Blessed [Genesis 32:26–29, cf. Hosea 12:4]
     c. Surviving the Sight of God [Genesis 32:30–32, cf. Exo. 33:20, Hos. 12:4]

Conclusion