2. (Gen. 28:10-31:21) “A Work In Progress”

3. (Gen. 28:13) “…the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.”

4. (Genesis 28:14 ) …"Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

5. 6 Steps to Aid Growth Learn that God has a plan.1. Learn that God has a plan.

6. (Genesis 28:15a ) "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land;…"

7. 6 Steps to Aid Growth 1.Learn that God has a plan.1.Learn that God has a plan. 2.Understand that God’s plan involves us. 1.Learn that God has a plan.1.Learn that God has a plan. 2.Understand that God’s plan involves us.

8. (Romans 8:28) And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

9. (Proverbs 3:5) Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;

10. (2 Timothy 2:21) Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

11. 6 Steps to Aid Growth 1.Learn that God has a plan.1.Learn that God has a plan. 2.Understand that God’s plan involves us. 3.Learn that God will not fail to fulfill His plan. 1.Learn that God has a plan.1.Learn that God has a plan. 2.Understand that God’s plan involves us. 3.Learn that God will not fail to fulfill His plan.

12. (Gen. 28:15b) “…for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”

13. 6 Steps to Aid Growth 1.Learn that God has a plan.1.Learn that God has a plan. 2.Understand that God’s plan involves us. 3.Learn that God will not fail to fulfill His plan. 4.Learn to appreciate God’s plan to use you. 1.Learn that God has a plan.1.Learn that God has a plan. 2.Understand that God’s plan involves us. 3.Learn that God will not fail to fulfill His plan. 4.Learn to appreciate God’s plan to use you.

14. (Genesis 28:18 ) “Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.”

15. (Genesis 28:20-22 ) Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, "so that I come back to my father's house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God. "And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You."

16. 6 Steps to Aid Growth 1.Learn that God has a plan.1.Learn that God has a plan. 2.Understand that God’s plan involves us. 3.Learn that God will not fail to fulfill His plan. 4.Learn to appreciate God’s plan to use you. 5.Learn How to Treat Others.5.Learn How to Treat Others. 1.Learn that God has a plan.1.Learn that God has a plan. 2.Understand that God’s plan involves us. 3.Learn that God will not fail to fulfill His plan. 4.Learn to appreciate God’s plan to use you. 5.Learn How to Treat Others.5.Learn How to Treat Others.

17. (Genesis 29:25 ) "What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served you? Why then have you deceived me?"

18. (Genesis 29:26 ) "It must not be done so in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

19. 6 Steps to Aid Growth 1.Learn that God has a plan.1.Learn that God has a plan. 2.Understand that God’s plan involves us.2.Understand that God’s plan involves us. 3.Learn that God will not fail to fulfill His plan. 4.Learn to appreciate God’s plan to use you. 5.Learn How to Treat Others.5.Learn How to Treat Others. 6.Learning That If God is With Us, We Cannot Fail. 1.Learn that God has a plan.1.Learn that God has a plan. 2.Understand that God’s plan involves us.2.Understand that God’s plan involves us. 3.Learn that God will not fail to fulfill His plan. 4.Learn to appreciate God’s plan to use you. 5.Learn How to Treat Others.5.Learn How to Treat Others. 6.Learning That If God is With Us, We Cannot Fail.

20. (Genesis 30:27 ) Laban said to him, "Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake."

21. (Genesis 30:28 ) "Name me your wages, and I will give it."

22. (Genesis 30:34 ) "Oh, that it were according to your word!"

23. (Genesis 31:14 ) "Is there still any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

24. (Genesis 31:3 ) Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you."

25. (Genesis 31:5-13 ) “and said to them, "I see your father's countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. "And you know that with all my might I have served your father. "Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me. "If he said thus: 'The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: 'The streaked shall be your wages,' then all the flocks bore streaked. "So God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me. "And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I…

26. (Genesis 31:5-13 ) …lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks were streaked, speckled, and gray- spotted. "Then the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, 'Jacob.' And I said, 'Here I am.' "And He said, 'Lift your eyes now and see, all the rams which leap on the flocks are streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you. 'I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family.'"

27. (Hebrews 13:6) So we may boldly say: "The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"