Prayer of Jabez
1 Chronicles 4:10
"And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, 'Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!' So God granted him what he requested. "
This passage may be familiar to us but we broke it down to four separate points that I had heard in a message from one of my favorite Pastors. The four points of the Prayer of Jabez are:
1) Greater success
2) Greater influence
3) Greater power
4) Greater protection
Our prayer for you is that you would pray this prayer over you and your family every day!!!
1) Greater success
There are different types of success. There is success according to the world's standards and then there is success according to God's standards.
- Why as Christians are we afraid to pray for God's blessing on our lives?
- What does success mean to you?
- What do you consider success according to God's standards?
2) Greater influence
This is a topic that seems to be coming up a lot. We are women of influence, no matter if we believe it or not or if we take it seriously it not. It is very real. We are influencing those around us, our husbands, our children, our extended family, our neighbors and the list could go on and on.
First, we need to pray and determine to be a good influence and a little Christ but then we should pray that our influence would become greater.
Women & moms, do not think you are insignificant or do not play an important in the world around you. You may feel like your life is busy with mundane tasks but there can be profound God moments in the midst of your everyday life if you let God lead you.
Your sphere of influence is different than mine. You never know whose life you could touch by a simple touch or word of encouragement.
You could start a chain reaction (either good or bad) that could have everlasting consequences.
3) Greater power
Do you believe that you can tap in to God's power? It is available for the asking if we are open to it and ask the Lord.
What does this mean for us? Can we pray and believe God for miracles & healing?
4) Greater protection
We should pray a hedge of protection around our homes, our husband's and our children, etc. We can take anointing oil and anoint the door posts of our homes or the heads of our children & believe that God will protect them.
