Jacob's Journey Intensive

From wrestling to blessing. Jacob's story is the story of every person who has schemed, fled, fought, failed — and been transformed by grace anyway. This intensive maps Jacob's journey from Bethel to Peniel onto four stages of personal transformation, until his story starts reading like yours.

What You Will Learn

• The full arc of Jacob's life — the striving, the exile, the long years of labour, the wrestling, the reconciliation
• A four-stage framework of transformation: running, refining, wrestling, and renaming
• What it means that God changed Jacob's name — and his identity — at his lowest point
• How to face the "Esau" in your own story: the person, debt, or past you have been avoiding

What You Will Walk Away With

• A personal map of where you are in your own transformation journey
• Language for the wrestling seasons — and the assurance that a limp can be a mark of blessing
• Practical steps toward one act of reconciliation you have been postponing

Who It Is For

Learners in the thick of change who want more than inspiration — a structured, biblical framework for what transformation actually costs and gives.

Duration: 8 hours (full-day intensive) · Level: Intermediate · Pillar: Christian & Faith-Based Formation · Runs: Mondays & Thursdays

God did not bless the man Jacob pretended to be. He blessed the man who finally stopped running. Marginality is not destiny.