The Prayer of Jabez

“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 Chron.4:9-10, NKJV)

“I want to introduce you to the amazing truths in Jabez’s prayer for blessing and prepare you to expect God’s astounding answers to it as a regular part of your life experience.” (Bruce Wilkinson)

“When we seek God’s blessing as the ultimate value in life, we are throwing ourselves entirely into the river of His will and power and purposes for us. All our other needs become secondary to what we really want–which is to become wholly immersed in what God is trying to do in us, through us, and around us for His glory.” (Bruce Wilkinson)

“I challenge you to make the Jabez prayer for blessing part of your daily fabric of your life. To do that, I encourage you to follow unwaveringly the plan here for the next thirty days. By the end of that time, you’ll be noticing significant changes in your life, and the prayer will be on its way to becoming a treasured, lifelong habit.” (Bruce Wilkinson)