Welcome to Central Christian Church

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Welcome! to Central Christian Church

• First-time guests - Please stop by the Guest
  Services table on the patio as you leave and
  pick up a information packet
• Everyone - Please fill out a Connecting Card
  and place it in the offering plate later in
  the service.

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Audrey West will be 100 On September 22
Audrey has been a missionaryin Japan for 55 years
Lets send her at least 100 cards to show our
appreciation
Put your cards in the box in the lobbyor bring
them to the Sharing table
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• Riding a

• Spiritual Roller Coaster

A Character Study from Genesis

• with Jacob

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• Riding a

• Spiritual Roller Coaster

A Character Study from Genesis

• with Jacob

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• Striving for

• Godliness

Genesis 321-32 Page 24-25
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1. Jacob is afraid When the messengers returned
to Jacob, they said, "We went to your brother
Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four
hundred men are with him." In great fear and
distress Jacob divided the people who were with
him into two groups, and the flocks and herds and
camels as well. Genesis 326-7
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Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God
met him. When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is
the camp of God!" So he named that place
Mahanaim. Genesis 321-2 And be sure to say,
'Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.'" For he
thought, "I will pacify him with these gifts I am
sending on ahead later, when I see him, perhaps
he will receive me." So Jacob's gifts went on
ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in
the camp. Genesis
3220-21

• Godliness

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• Striving for

• Godliness

Genesis 321-32 Page 24-25
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That night Jacob got up and took his two wives,
his two maidservants and his eleven sons and
crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had
sent them across the stream, he sent over all his
possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man
wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man
saw that he could not overpower him, he touched
the socket of Jacobs hip so that his hip was
wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the
man said, Let me go, for it is daybreak. But
Jacob replied, I will not let you go unless you
bless me. The man asked him, What is your
name? Jacob, he answered.
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Then the man said, Your name will no longer be
Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled
with God and with men and have overcome. Jacob
said, Please tell me your name. But he
replied, Why do you ask my name? Then he
blessed him there. So Jacob called the place
Peniel, saying, It is because I saw God face to
face, and yet my life was spared. The sun rose
above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping
because of his hip. Therefore to this day the
Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the
socket of the hip, because the socket of
Jacobs hip was touched near the tendon.
Genesis 3222-32
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2. Jacob is alone with God
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2. Jacob is alone with God
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3. Jacob is hungry for God Then the man said,
Let me go, for it is daybreak. But Jacob
replied, I will not let you go unless you bless
me. Genesis 3226 I am unworthy of all the
kindness and faithfulness you have shown your
servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this
Jordan, but now I have become two groups.
Genesis 3210 Blessed are those who hunger and
thirst for righteousness, for they will be
filled.
Matthew 56
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4. Jacob is broken before God When the man saw
that he could not overpower him, he touched the
socket of Jacobs hip so that his hip was
wrenched as he wrestled with the man. But he
replied, Why do you ask my name? Then he
blessed him there. Genesis 3225-26
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4. Jacob is broken before God a. Brokenness
leaves you a different person b. When you
wrestle with God, you never come away the
same What is your limp?
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5. Jacob is honest with God The man asked him,
What is your name? Jacob, he answered.
Genesis 3227
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6. God gives Jacob a new name Israel
God-wrestler Then the man said, Your name will
no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have
struggled with God and with men and have
overcome. Jacob said, Please tell me your
name. But he replied, Why do you ask my name?
Then he blessed him there. Genesis
3228-29
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6. God gives Jacob a new name Israel
God-wrestler After Jacob returned from Paddan
Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
God said to him, Your name is Jacob, but you
will no longer be called Jacob your name will be
Israel. So he named him Israel.
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So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, It is
because I saw God face to face, and yet my life
was spared. Genesis 3230 Elohim
God or angel of God He struggled with the angel
and overcame him he wept and begged for his
favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with
him there the LORD God Almighty, the LORD is
his name of renown!
Hosea 124-5
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7. Jacob has to let go of his baggage
self-sufficiency
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Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come
to you and will fight against them with the
sword of my mouth. He who has an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him
who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden
manna. I will also give him a white stone with a
new name written on it, known only to him who
receives it.
Revelation 216-17
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• Striving for

• Godliness

Genesis 321-32
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• This is your opportunity to have a
• prayer team member pray for you
• Share briefly any prayer need or praise
• Share your decision to follow Jesus
• Share your decision to return to Jesus
• Share your decision to be a part of
  this fellowship

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We share communion each Sunday as an important
part of our worship together. Bread and
grape juice remind us of Jesus love in dying on
the cross for us. The bread represents the body
of Christ the juice represents the blood of
Christ.
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All who accept Jesus as Lord and Savior are
welcome to participate. Please place your
empty cup in the pew rack holder. If you prefer
not to participate, please pass the trays to the
next person.
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Offering is one way to worship God. Trays are
passed for your giving convenience. Guests please
feel no obligation to give.
Everyone, please place your Connecting card in
the tray
Each man should give what he has decided in his
heart to give, not reluctantly or under
compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 97 see that you also
excel in this grace of giving. 2
Corinthians 87 Whoever sows sparingly will
also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously
will also reap generously. 2 Corinthians 96
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Pray with the Elders
Elders staff will pray for you You can pray for
them others
1st 3rd Tuesdays, 7-8 pm Beginning September
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LIFE Group Faire
Continues Today
Look for us on the patio

• Meet LIFE Group leaders
• Groups are color coded for easy selection
• Sign up for a LIFE Group

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One Service
Next Week
1000 1130 am
One combined family service for children, youth
and adults
Childcare provided for children 0-5 years
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Followed by the
All Church Picnic
Emma Prusch Park 1215 am 430 pm
Barbeque potluck Last nameA-G DessertH-Z
Side Dish
We are looking for volunteers to barbeque, greet
people, and/or clean up. Please sign up at the
connecting table
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Purpose Driven Life Seminar
September 14 October 26 Sundays,
1045-1200 Room 11
Mike McCuan will walk withyou through this study
Sign up at the LIFE Group Faire
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Parenting Seminar
Saturday, September 20 600 900 pm
Dr. Les Christie will share practical advice and
principles to help you guide your child through
the teen years