Listen "God Lets You (W)In - Genesis 32:22-30 - 19th Sunday after Pentecost - October 19, 2025"
Episode Synopsis
Send us a textThanks for joining us today! Jacob wrestled all night and discovered God wasn’t his opponent but his Savior. The Lord entered the struggle to bless him — and He still meets us the same way today. In Christ, God lets you win… and lets you in.If you're local, come on by! We'd love to meet you. We're located at 3800 Hondo Pass, El Paso, TX 79904. Find out more about us online:trinityelpaso.orgFB @trinitylutheranelpasoIG @trinitylutheraneptxYouTube @trinitylutheranchurch722422 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”“Jacob,” he answered.28 Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
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