Sermons on Genesis 26:12-25: showing 46-60 of 96

In His Father's Footsteps

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010

Isaac & Abimelech. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Genesis chapter 26 verses 1-33: Ill: • A preacher was addressing his congregation; • When he held up a large piece of paper. • He then took from his pocket a marker pen; • And made a black dot in the centre of it. • Then he held the paper up before the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:1-33

Denomination: Brethren

Famine Living

Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Aug 26, 2009

Famine times in our life challenge all of our convictions. These are often difficult times in our lives, but they also present an opportunity for God to show Himself in miraculous ways.

During the 20th century, an estimated 70 million people died from famines across the world, of which an estimated 30 million died during the famine of 1958–61 in China. Dictionary defines it as any extreme and general scarcity. In biblical times famines weren’t uncommon and this scarcity of food ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:1-13

Positioned For Blessings

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Oct 12, 2009

There are blessings that are waiting on us, but we have to get in position to receive them.

*There was famine in the Land besides the first famine in Abraham�s day Famine = Trouble, difficulty, hardship, trials ( Everyone will be tested). It�s not will hard times come, but how will we respond to them? We cannot control what comes our way in life, but how we respond to it will ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:1-12, Genesis 26:1-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

11 The Valley Of Grace Series

Contributed by Darren Rogers on Oct 28, 2009

So many people, when they come to the valleys of life, set up camp and plan on staying there or they will do little to get out it. God never intends for us to stay in these valleys but to learn from them and move on.

The Valley Of Grace Genesis 26:17-19 We have spent the last 10 weeks looking at different Valleys that we face in this life, I want to look at one more aspect of the valleys this morning to encourage all those who are traveling down a hard road today. Isaac finds himself in the Valley of Gerar ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:17-19

Denomination: Baptist

Re-Digging The Wells

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 11, 2014

As Christians, there are some things that God used in the generations before us and it's high time we dig afresh some of these wells and allow God to provide 'a well of springing water'.

Opening illustration: Illustration of the well at our home in Muladha, Oman. • The water in our faucets was stinking • Found a dead cat in our well • The well needed to be covered and air tight • No contamination allowed from outside environment or sources • No space ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:17-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Save The Wells

Contributed by Thomas Custer on May 4, 2014

we as saints need to re-dig the wells of our fathers. We have grown up with poor performing wells and we believe it is normal. This message was to remind us that there is more power available than we are tapped into. we need to repair the wells!

For thousands of Malian women in the northern city of Gao, the day starts in the middle of the night. Women tie on veils, grab jerry cans and walk through the sandy streets in hopes of getting a good spot in line. they are not waiting for a black friday sale… tickets to a show… a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fearless In A World Of Fear

Contributed by G. D. Helton on Sep 13, 2014

Seven reasons we can live fearless in this world.

Fearless In A World of Fear Sunday Morning, 09-14-14 Intro: We live in a time and world that is full of fear. People all around us speak of fears in their lives. Many have good reason to fear because of the lives they live, others fear because of the lives lived by others! We can have the same ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:24

Denomination: Pentecostal

Genesis 36 Series

Contributed by Tom Owen on Aug 6, 2009

verse-by-verse

Many times in our world we see a Father passing down his ‘mantle’ to his son. - race car driver - My grandfather to my uncle - Falwell’s son Now those types of ‘passing of the baton’ are fairly easy to define. There’s paperwork, there’s legal work, there’s policy changes, and there’s a visible ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:1-35

Denomination: Baptist

Reclaiming Your Inheritance

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Jun 20, 2015

Abraham left Isaac an inheritance, the Philistines robbed him of that inheritance. Isaac took the proper steps to reclaim what was rightfully his. There is a great lesson for us in this text as well.

Reclaiming Your Inheritance Genesis 26:15-25 Listen online at - https://www.facebook.com/Stockdalebaptist or http://www.stockdalebaptist.com/ In 1940, after Paris fell under Nazi control, German troops began looting thousands of artworks from museums, galleries and personal collections ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:15-25

Denomination: Baptist

Well Digging

Contributed by David Radcliff on Apr 22, 2017

Our text tells us that “Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father…” Can we learn some lessons from this Old Testament man’s service in “well digging”?

WELL DIGGING Genesis 26:18-19 INTRODUCTION: Our text tells us that “Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father…” Can we learn some lessons from this Old Testament man’s service in “well digging”? Let us consider: I. THE TRUTH IN THESE VERSES. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:18-19

Denomination: Baptist

Sin Seeds Of The Father Grow In The Son Lesson 2 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 24, 2017

The sins of the father pop up in the lives of his sons

A. INTRODUCTION: GENESIS 26:1-16 Why Sons Repeat the Weaknesses of Their Father 1. Think they got away with it. 2. Think it made them great. 3. Subconscious; sons don’t realize it. 4. Think it makes them happy. 5. Their sinful nature drives them. 6. Think they can’t help it. “A severe ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Faith For Success In Face Of Oppostion Lesson 3 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 24, 2017

What to do when you lose

A. INTRODUCTION: GENESIS 26:17-34 Why the World Opposes Us • We convict them of their sin • We work by principles • Our success embarrasses them • Christians have done dumb things • Christians have sinned (Gen. 12:10-20; 20:1-18; 26:6-16) 1. Why was Isaac in the desert? “Abimelech said . . . ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:17-34

Denomination: Baptist

God Wants To Bless You

Contributed by Jerry Wilson on Jul 9, 2017

God wants prosper us

GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU 1. Prosperous Position. "God hath prospered him" (1 Cor. 16:2). Prosperity in this life is due to the good hand of the Lord. Let us remember He expects a proportionate first fruit.What He Bless you with! Ge 26:12 — Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:12

Denomination: Apostolic

The 3 D Picture

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Leslie Verghese on Sep 6, 2018

Dedication, Detachment, and Dependence

Isaac was the son of a famous father (Abraham), and the father of a famous son (Jacob, who became Israel). THIRTEEN chapters in Genesis are devoted to telling the story of Abraham, and around TEN chapters to the story of Jacob. They are major characters in the plot. But Isaac’s story is told in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:25

Denomination: Pentecostal

Never Give Up: Keep Digging The Wells

Contributed by Randy Bataanon on Sep 27, 2017

Right at the moment that Isaac is about to celebrate his success by discovering water on the well, the Philistine snatched his rights and took over the same well by force. By the way, it is the third time that they deliberately did it. Will Isaac give up?

NEVER GIVE UP: KEEP DIGGING THE WELLS Genesis 26:12-32 Crab Mentality! What do these words mean? It is a way of thinking best described by the phrase, "if I can't have it, neither can you. The metaphor refers to a bucket of crabs. Individually, the crabs in the story could easily escape from the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:12-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational