Almost Persuaded

‘Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed:  he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;’—Hosea 12:4 ‘Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.’—Genesis 32:24

‘Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:‘Yet I will rejoice in the Lᴏʀᴅ, I will joy in the God of my salv…

‘I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.’—Numbers 11:14 ‘For the which cause I also suffer these things:  nevertheless I am not ashamed:  for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that …

‘A certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.’—1 Kings 22:34 ‘I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt …