Thursday, February 01, 2007

Jabez

The following is an excerpt taken from the message sent to my email box weekly by the pastor of my church in England. And I felt to share it. I believe it will bless someone.

“ye have not, because ye ask not”. James 4.2

To bless means to give favour. Give pleasure. Bring happiness. Bring success. So the man who wants, like Jabez to, be more honourable than his brothers prays, Whatever You do, Lord, please bless me, and bless me a lot! Bless me significantly.

Jabez started, like Jacob, with many odds against him. From childhood, he was a prisoner of a curse of sorrow and pain. Yet what is most memorable about this man is not where He started or what he had to overcome, but where he ended up. Take a few moments to ask yourself what name you or others or circumstances have put on your life. Is your heritage or record stamped with labels like – Disappointment – Not very Smart – Unwanted – Rejection – Failure – Continuous Sickness / illness – Poverty – Servitude?

Your Heavenly Father’s name for you is not any of these; It is – CHOSEN (John 15.19 NIV) – MINE (Psa50.10-1) – BELOVED (Deut 33.12) – SOUGHT AFTER (Isa6212) – FRIEND (James 2.23) – Prosperous – Cedar – Mighty Man of Valour – Great Woman – Burning and shining light – Man after God’s own heart – Friend of God – etc.

Start praying the prayer of Jabez daily from today! Read it in 2 Chronicles 4.9,10. You may want to enlarge it and pray something like this for this week:

Dear Lord,

I want every single blessing that You would love to give me.

Forgive me for not desiring these enough to ask for them.

Please open Your heart, and be gracious to me. So let me experience You today,

In all of Your abundant loving kindness, even though I am in all of my unworthiness.

Touch my life in ways that are very personal so that I don’t miss Your fingerprints.

Bless me, Lord, I pray, bless me, significantly.

And I will praise You from whom all blessings flow.

In Jesus Name. Amen.

Hope your week has been good. I have been praying this prayer and I’m expecting something super to happen swiftly soon. Stay blessed all.

95 comments:

DiAmOnD hawk said...

I love the Prayer of Jabez....when it was sung by Donald Lawrence....

cool....IM FIRST..

ThatGirl said...

God bless you for putting this up. Again, God bless you!!!

Anonymous said...

The insight is inspiring!

Thanx....

Anonymous said...

I never heard of jabez in my life... wow.. there's a lot i don't know come to think of it. i don't even have a bible.. my christianity is on a tangent... but i love that prayer though.

Naijadude said...

Thanks for the prayer. Its nice to have such inspirational blogs as this!

I hope you have a wonderful and supernatural weekend!

Anonymous said...

God bless you! Thanks for sharing this :)

Miss Opeke said...

My week was great and I know yours was great likewise.
May God answer this prayer in accordance with His will for your life (AMEN)

Eagle's Nest!!! said...

In addition, I think Believers in Christ Jesus should set their minds on pleasing the Lord. There are many souls who have yet to hear about Christ let alone come to Him.

May God help us to be fruitful this year in Jesus' name. Amen.

Ephesians 1:3.

chidi said...

inspirational blog. ur prayer is officially answered :)

temmy tayo said...

Thanks for sharing this.

Anthony Arojojoye said...

Cool.


Stranger stranger! How you dey?
Thanks for the comments on my blog. I really appreciate the concern. It wld have been worse if I had to go through it all on my own.

Biodun said...

Thanks for sharing this with us, I have said the prayer too!

naijabelle said...

Thanx for sharing.Gives me confidence that am gonna be having a good day

Eminie said...

I really love this prayer !
i have been praying it since my birthday In Dec though i forget it sometimes
I think i need to expand it though like u did !
I hope to expand The Lord's Prayer' on my blog i just got an insight i would love to share
Stay Blessed

Jennifer A. said...

Did u know that Jabez was only mentioned in that part of the Bible? Its a very lovely story.

His boldness got his name into history. I love the prayer of Jabez, and I pray that the Holy Spirit teaches me how to be bolder in my prayers...

~muah~ Thanks girlie...hope ur week is already fabulous! Later!

Naija Jinx said...

Thanks for that inspiring prayer. Its being a while since I heard or even came across Jabez's prayer. Amen to yours and Amen to mine. I am going to 'steal' that prayer *wink*. You have a Spirit filled blog. Keep going strong love.

eddiie said...

truelly blessing,....

Confused Naija Girl said...

Amen to your prayerd girl and mine too. very inspirational even in times of wavering faith

The Life of a Stranger called me said...

wow - thanks all for your comments -
Yes the Jabez prayer really is good, and Im looking forward to posting up my testimoney. God really is good.

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ooh MIss D - I am so hooked on your Bachelorette thing - ooppsss I have to confess on my site (in the comment section, so I dont get caught)- that Ive been voting more than once.

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