Study 4B..Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress: And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace.””
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Study4B..qualities of Jabez prayer
1chronicle4:9-10
These, then, are the four characteristics of this amazing prayer that Jabez offered for himself. Now notice from this prayer of Jabez how to pray that God will give you true prosperity. In verse 10 we are told that Jabez prayed for four things. They are clearly mentioned, and we cannot do better than follow this man’’s example and pray as he prayed:-
1 . We should pray for Grace .
Jabez prayed, ““Oh, that you would bless me……!”” What did he mean by this request? Every believer is already wonderfully blessed (Ephesians 1:3); but surely Jabez was praying for God’’s blessing that he might be the man God wanted him to be –- see what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:10. We can only be what God wants us to be by His grace; therefore let us pray for grace, and there is plenty of grace available (2 Corinthians 9:8). In 1 Chronicles 4:9 there is the hint of a possible reason why Jabez needed special grace, for his name means ‘’Sorrowful’’. Perhaps there was some secret tragedy concerning his birth, but whatever it was he needed grace, and of course he received it, just as we will receive the grace we need (2 Corinthians 12:9).
2 . We should pray for Growth.
How beautiful it is to hear Jabez saying to the Lord, ““Oh, that you would……enlarge my territory!”” –- compare 2 Peter 3:18. Many Christians are content to remain in a state of spiritual babyhood (1 Corinthians 3:1-2). We need to pray that the Lord will enlarge our territory, increase our capacity, deepen our faith, inflame our love, give us more opportunities, make us more usable and conform us more to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29). It is a very costly thing to ask the Lord to enlarge your territory as undoubtedly it will mean testing, for it is by testing that we grow. Without testing we remain dwarfs, we remain flabby and ineffective, but if the Lord is to make us strong for Him we must be tested (1 Peter 1:7).
3 . We should pray for Guidance .
Jabez prayed…“…”Let your hand be with me.”” The hand of God is an expression that denotes the power of the living God in action (Ezra 7:9), and compare Psalm 139:5. God wants us to live a guided life (Psalm 37:23). He has made provision for our lives to be ‘‘ordered’’, as Whittier has expressed it so beautifully:-
“Drop Thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress:
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.””
How glorious it is when striving, strain and stress are taken out of our lives and when, because the hand of the Lord is with us and upon us, we are able to live ordered lives and experience the beauty of His peace!
4 . We should pray for Godliness .
Jabez prayed that God would keep him from evil, ““that it may not grieve me”” (KJV), or, ““that it might not spoil my life.”” What a prayer to pray! It reminds us of 2 Timothy 4:18 and, thank God, the Lord is able to deliver us from evil and to enable us to live a life that is glorifying to Him, a life that is pure, holy and Christ-like!
In verse 9 Jabez is described as God’’s “”honourable” man”. Why is this? What is the secret of becoming one of God’’s honourable ones? The secret is –- prayer, much prayer and more prayer – look up 1 Thessalonians 5:17.
Once more,how is your prayer life?
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Study4B..qualities of Jabez prayer
1chronicle4:9-10
These, then, are the four characteristics of this amazing prayer that Jabez offered for himself. Now notice from this prayer of Jabez how to pray that God will give you true prosperity. In verse 10 we are told that Jabez prayed for four things. They are clearly mentioned, and we cannot do better than follow this man’’s example and pray as he prayed:-
1 . We should pray for Grace .
Jabez prayed, ““Oh, that you would bless me……!”” What did he mean by this request? Every believer is already wonderfully blessed (Ephesians 1:3); but surely Jabez was praying for God’’s blessing that he might be the man God wanted him to be –- see what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:10. We can only be what God wants us to be by His grace; therefore let us pray for grace, and there is plenty of grace available (2 Corinthians 9:8). In 1 Chronicles 4:9 there is the hint of a possible reason why Jabez needed special grace, for his name means ‘’Sorrowful’’. Perhaps there was some secret tragedy concerning his birth, but whatever it was he needed grace, and of course he received it, just as we will receive the grace we need (2 Corinthians 12:9).
2 . We should pray for Growth.
How beautiful it is to hear Jabez saying to the Lord, ““Oh, that you would……enlarge my territory!”” –- compare 2 Peter 3:18. Many Christians are content to remain in a state of spiritual babyhood (1 Corinthians 3:1-2). We need to pray that the Lord will enlarge our territory, increase our capacity, deepen our faith, inflame our love, give us more opportunities, make us more usable and conform us more to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29). It is a very costly thing to ask the Lord to enlarge your territory as undoubtedly it will mean testing, for it is by testing that we grow. Without testing we remain dwarfs, we remain flabby and ineffective, but if the Lord is to make us strong for Him we must be tested (1 Peter 1:7).
3 . We should pray for Guidance .
Jabez prayed…“…”Let your hand be with me.”” The hand of God is an expression that denotes the power of the living God in action (Ezra 7:9), and compare Psalm 139:5. God wants us to live a guided life (Psalm 37:23). He has made provision for our lives to be ‘‘ordered’’, as Whittier has expressed it so beautifully:-
“Drop Thy still dews of quietness,
Till all our strivings cease;
Take from our souls the strain and stress:
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.””
How glorious it is when striving, strain and stress are taken out of our lives and when, because the hand of the Lord is with us and upon us, we are able to live ordered lives and experience the beauty of His peace!
4 . We should pray for Godliness .
Jabez prayed that God would keep him from evil, ““that it may not grieve me”” (KJV), or, ““that it might not spoil my life.”” What a prayer to pray! It reminds us of 2 Timothy 4:18 and, thank God, the Lord is able to deliver us from evil and to enable us to live a life that is glorifying to Him, a life that is pure, holy and Christ-like!
In verse 9 Jabez is described as God’’s “”honourable” man”. Why is this? What is the secret of becoming one of God’’s honourable ones? The secret is –- prayer, much prayer and more prayer – look up 1 Thessalonians 5:17.
Once more,how is your prayer life?
For more package,visit our blog:segoeevangelism1992.blogspot.com and also you can click on the link attached.
For support and testimony: segoeevangelism1992@gmail.com
Follow us on Facebook via;
https://mobile.facebook.com/segoeevangelism/
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God bless you.
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