Welcome to the living word of God in Genesis chapter 32 verses 8 onward we find this beautiful prayer of a man who was distressed and afraid oh brothers and sisters have you been afraid and distressed in your life how many of you are going through this experience of being distressed and afraid of something in life turn to God like Jacob or that day he was afraid and distressed and he turned to God and he prayed this prayer he said oh God of my father Abraham God of my father Isaac the lord who said to me return to your country to your family and I will deal well with you I tell you that is still the promise of God with you return to God return to the family of God and I will deal well with you and Jacob prayed to God and he said God please deliver me he said God I don’t deserve it but it is your grace and mercy that have saved me and blessed me please deliver me that’s what Jacob said is that your prayer today are you sharing your fear with God do you believe in the promises do you have faith in the grace of God like Jacob are you praying to God in times of your fear and distress deliver me or go over there
do you accept the fact that you are nothing without God but the everything that you are and everything that you have is simply the grace and mercy of God I tell you when you turn to God and pray to him pouring out your fear your distress your challenges the problems that you have I tell you God will hear he does not make promises to be broken God is a faithful God he makes promises to be kept and he is faithful and in as much as he promised Jacob I will be with you the promise is with us today also God promised that he will be with us at all times and not only with us but he will bless us only thing is we have to be willing and be faithful in all our dealings may God bless us to be faithful. Amen