Face to Face
A six week devotional course which takes people on a journey towards reconciliation in relationships.
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Face to face with the wrongs of the past
In this session, we follow Jacob’s journey from deprivation to blessing, and then back toward accountability. Though God keeps His promises and blesses Jacob abundantly, the story makes clear that blessing does not erase wrongdoing, nor does grace mean that the past can be ignored.
In this session, we follow Jacob’s journey from deprivation to blessing, and then back toward accountability. Though God keeps His promises and blesses Jacob abundantly, the story makes clear that blessing does not erase wrongdoing, nor does grace mean that the past can be ignored.
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Face to face with self
As Jacob turns back toward Esau, the journey becomes deeply personal. Before he can be reconciled with his brother, Jacob must come face to face with himself — with his fears, his fragility, and his dependence on God’s promises.
As Jacob turns back toward Esau, the journey becomes deeply personal. Before he can be reconciled with his brother, Jacob must come face to face with himself — with his fears, his fragility, and his dependence on God’s promises.
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Face to face with God
In this pivotal session, Jacob has a profound and life-altering encounter with God. Left alone, he wrestles through the night and emerges changed — wounded, blessed, and renamed. No longer defined as the deceiver, Jacob becomes Israel, one who has struggled with God and been transformed by the encounter.
In this pivotal session, Jacob has a profound and life-altering encounter with God. Left alone, he wrestles through the night and emerges changed — wounded, blessed, and renamed. No longer defined as the deceiver, Jacob becomes Israel, one who has struggled with God and been transformed by the encounter.
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Face to face with Others
In the final session, Jacob and Esau come face to face at last. The moment is marked by humility, vulnerability, and unexpected grace — yet it does not result in a return to the past. Their reconciliation resolves the conflict between them, but they go their separate ways, reminding us that reconciliation is not always a “happily ever after” ending.
In the final session, Jacob and Esau come face to face at last. The moment is marked by humility, vulnerability, and unexpected grace — yet it does not result in a return to the past. Their reconciliation resolves the conflict between them, but they go their separate ways, reminding us that reconciliation is not always a “happily ever after” ending.
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Face to face with Jesus
This session shifts our focus fully to Jesus Christ, the foundation and fulfilment of all reconciliation. While the story of Jacob and Esau offers powerful principles, the New Testament makes reconciliation explicit — naming Jesus as both its source and its goal. Through His death and resurrection, we are reconciled to God, made holy, without blemish, and free from accusation.
This session shifts our focus fully to Jesus Christ, the foundation and fulfilment of all reconciliation. While the story of Jacob and Esau offers powerful principles, the New Testament makes reconciliation explicit — naming Jesus as both its source and its goal. Through His death and resurrection, we are reconciled to God, made holy, without blemish, and free from accusation.
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