Jabez was more honourable than his brothers… [And he] cried out to the God of Israel.1 Chronicles 4:9-10 NIVJabez was more honourable than his brothers… [And he] cried out to the God of Israel. 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 NIV
Jabez prayed a short prayer and his life changed forever. He prayed for: (1) Greater success: “Oh, that You would bless me indeed.” (2) Greater influence: “And enlarge my territory.” (3) Greater power: “That Your hand would be with me:” (4) Greater protection: “That You would keep me from evil, [and] God granted him what he requested.” (1 Chronicles 4:10 NKJV). How come this prayer works? Because when you pray it, you’re asking God for exactly what He wants you to have. How come it works for some and not others? Because all God’s promises come with conditions. Listen, “Jabez was… honourable.” If you want what he had, you’ve got to do what he did.
Now you don’t have to do anything to earn God’s love, but you do have to do certain things to experience His blessing. “We… receive whatever we request because we obey Him” (1 John 3:22 NLT).
Are your motives right? James writes, “You do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives”(James 4:3 NIV). Is your heart right? David said, “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me” (Psalm 66:18). Sin will clog the pipeline of all future blessings.
Once you have the “all-clear” with God, you can start praying the Prayer of Jabez and expect breakthroughs and blessings, because God knows what you need, when you need it, and how to get it to you!
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