JABEZ….AN EXAMPLE IN PRAYER

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 PROMINENCE THAT DESCRIBES HIM

“more honourable than his brothers…” verse 9

2. THE PAIN THAT DESIGNATES HIM

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

3. THE PRAYING 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 Certainty of His Praying

B. The Consistency of His Praying

C. The Content of His Praying

4. THE PREFERENCE THAT DELIGHTS HIM

So God granted him what he requested. verse 10