JABEZ, AN EXAMPLE IN PRAYER

FBI Sermon Notes

TOPIC: JABEZ….AN EXAMPLE IN PRAYER

TEXT: I Chronicles 4:9-10

Bobby Earls, First Baptist Icard, May 5, 2002

BIBLE SURVIVOR SERIES, Message 27

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 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.

1 Chronicles 4:9-10, NKJV

1. THE ______________________________ THAT DESCRIBES HIM

“more honourable than his brothers…” verse 9

2. THE ______________________________ THAT DESIGNATES HIM

“his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” v. 9

3. THE ______________________________ THAT DISTINGUISHES HIM

"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!”

A. The __________________ of His Praying

B. The __________________ of His Praying

C. The __________________ of His Praying

4. THE ______________________________ THAT DELIGHTS HIM

So God granted him what he requested. verse 10

FOUR PRINCIPLES ABOUT PRAYER

No believer’s spiritual life will rise to stay above the level of his/her praying.

No church’s ultimate effectiveness will rise to stay above the level of its corporate prayer life.

No church’s corporate prayer life will be greater than the personal prayer lives of those who make up its constituency.

No believer’s prayer life will rise to stay above the level of his/her own personal, regular, daily time spent with God.

BIBLE SURVIVORS’ READING ASSIGNMENT – 1 CHRONICLES 11 - 20