17/03/2025
SERAPH AND CELESTIAL FESTIVAL OF HYMNS 2025, THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION THEME UNVEILED!
"THEME: PENIEL Gen. 32:30".
THE INTRO.....
Peniel means “face of God.” In Genesis 32, Jacob is on his way to meet Esau and is dreading the encounter, thinking that Esau is going to kill him. (Esau had vowed to do just that in Genesis 27:41 because Jacob had cheated him out of receiving his father’s blessing.) Now, over two decades have passed, but Jacob is still fearful when he hears that Esau is coming to meet him with 400 men (Genesis 32:6). Jacob starts sending gifts on ahead of him to meet Esau first in hopes of winning his favor. Now, the night before the meeting seems inevitable and still not knowing Esau’s disposition toward him, Jacob sends his entire caravan of wives, children, flocks, and servants across the stream so that they would have a buffer between them and Esau’s entourage (verse 22). Then Jacob spends the night alone, and there, in a place later known as Peniel, he has a mysterious encounter.
“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 Jacob’s 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. 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.’ 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’” Genesis 32:24–30).
We invite you to come, Let’s have an encounter with God at our PENIEL, as we immerse ourselves of faith, hope, and love.
Bring your friends and family—everyone is welcome! Together, we’ll create a river of blessings that overflows into our lives and the world around us. Amen
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