Jacob: Given in Answer to Prayer

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Genesis 25:21
And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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Prayer and Importunity
... Jacob, wrestling all night with the angel, gives significant emphasis to the power ...
stays near the Master, insisting and praying until the answer is given. ...
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Prayer
... Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast ... Be persons
given to prayer. ... I have prayed a long time for mercy, and have no answer. ...
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Prayer and Faith
... "All power," He declared, "is given unto Me ... to be converted to God, before Esau could
be converted to Jacob. ... statements of what God will do in answer to prayer ...
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Letter v. Prayer and Fasting.
... When Jacob heard that his brother Esau was coming against him, with an army ... early
piety, and the judge and deliverer of Israel, was given in answer to the ...
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The Secret of Effectual Prayer
... received." Here is the place where Jacob becomes Israel ... faith, the believing acceptance
of the answer with the ... praising assurance that it has been given, is not ...
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The Immortal Prayers of the Saints
... to a woman of unsavory reputation at Jacob's well. ... through which His sublime truth
could be given to His ... my heart to believe that God will answer every prayer. ...
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Prevailing Prayer.
... with a draft or note, endorsed by John Jacob Astor, that ... has agonized for it, and
received it in answer to prayer ... Lord, am I, and the children thou hast given me ...
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Because of his Importunity
... have received," is nothing but His putting of Jacob's words, "I ... rather die than not
have his people given him. ... and would not be content until, in answer to his ...
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Modern Examples of Prayer (Continued)
... They are given in answer to prayer ... of us have at times gone with him aside, and there
we would continue for two or three hours, wrestling like Jacob for the ...
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Prayer and the Word of God
... warrant of prayer and of the encouragement given to those ... Jacob wrestled, not so
much with a promise, as ... by prayer, the strong promise made in answer to prayer ...
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