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Jacob: Significance Through Power

May 10, 2026

Summary

We can easily be tempted to build our identities around gaining significance through power. Jacob was a schemer who manipulated to become successful; in the end, he cried out to God for help. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller takes us through the life Jacob: his upbringing, his sojourning, and his homecoming. What if true power came through surrender? 

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