Genesis 32:24 & Genesis 33 1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24) 2) The welcome Home (Gen 33:4)

1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24)

...."My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?“ Mark 15:34

1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24) Matt 4:1-2 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24) Matt 14:22-23 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone..

1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24) Matt 26:36-39 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray." He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.“ Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24) Matt 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father,....

1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24) Mark 1:35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24) Principle of F irst fruits Your best Time Regular Priority Discipline Away from Distractions

1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24) F irst fruits I ntentional Worship Confession & Surrender Putting God in his rightful place

1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24) F irst fruits I ntentional Worship S cripture Reading Spending time reading the Bible Reading Plans GMG Proverbs Commentary, bible dictionary, or bible reading notes as an aid to understanding Leads to Spiritual Growth, & Equips us

1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24) F irst fruits I ntentional Worship S cripture Reading Meditating and praying Asking God for focusing. H earing God - Active Listening Shutting up.

Genesis 32:24 & Genesis 33 1) Left Alone ( Gen 32:24) 2) The welcome Home (Gen 33:4)

Gen 33:1-3 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two maidservants. He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear. He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

2) The welcome Home (Gen 33:4) Gen 33:4 But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

2) The welcome Home (Gen 33:4)

Ex 3:1-4 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father- in- law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.

2) The welcome Home (Gen 33:4) Ex 3:1-4 So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight–why the bush does not burn up.“ When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!"And Moses said, "Here I am."

Conclusion (Matt. 17:8) "no one except Jesus" irst Fruits ntentional Worship cripture Reading earing God