Wrestling With God
God uses the great sport of wrestling to help us understand that when you encounter Him, even in anger or sadness or aggression, it is an intimate interaction – one designed to help you become better. Show up for the match, and He’ll take care of the blessing.
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About this Location
Snyder Park
3299 SW 4th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315
Snyder Park is a 93 acres natural oasis in the midst of urban Fort Lauderdale and is home to a Tropical Hardwood Hammock ecosystem, which includes many species of native plants and wildlife. If you have a dog or two, Snyder Park is the place to go with areas such as the “Bark Park” and “Dog Lake.” The humans will have a good time here as well with nature trails, disc golf, playgrounds, sand volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, picnic facilities, and even a butterfly garden. We did our filming at one of the many pavilions overlooking the lake and it made a hot Florida day, very pleasant. I highly recommend you check this place out!
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Scriptures
Genesis 32: 25-32 (TLV)
25 So Jacob remained all by himself. Then a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. 26 When He saw that He had not overcome him, He struck the socket of his hip, so He dislocated the socket of Jacob’s hip when He wrestled with him. 27 Then He said, “Let Me go, for the dawn has broken.”But he said, “I won’t let You go unless You bless me.” 28 Then He said to him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he said. 29 Then He said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but rather Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men, and you have overcome.” 30 Then Jacob asked and said, “Please tell me Your name.” But He said, “What’s this—you are asking My name?” Then He blessed him there. 31 So Jacob named the place Peniel, “for I’ve seen God face to face, and my life has been spared.” 32 Now the sun rose upon him just as he crossed by Peniel—limping because of his hip.
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Awesome Congregations
• Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale
• Christian Life Center
• Greenhouse Church South Florida
• Kehilat Bet Avinu (Messianic Synagogue)
• Temple Aron HaKodesh (Messianic Synagogue)
• Victory Church
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Links for the Journey
• Tree of Life Bible Society
• Bible Gateway
• The Bible App