JABEZ FIVE POINT PRAYER (1)

Post date: Sep 17, 2013 2:45:56 AM

“Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” James 5:13-16. Jabez was truly suffering from the consequences of a family anger and a name, so he was quite qualified to pray. 

(1). That God would bless him indeed. There is nothing as good, nothing as excellent, nothings as glorious and nothing so transforming as the blessings that comes from God alone. The book of James 1:17 said the impact of such a blessing does not have a shadow of turning when it begins. That is, the devil cannot stop it, man cannot it, evil past cannot stop it and God will not stop until you are established in it as He did to, and with Abraham. King Solomon in the book of Proverbs 10:22 said such blessing makes a man rich without adding any form of sorrow.  

The blessing of God actively working in the life of a man is incomprehensible, distinguishing, peaceful, elevating and very assuring. It affects every aspect of that person’s life, the dreams, the visions, the finances, health, desires and actions. It will also affect the ways and manners that person will speak and the conducts in every matter despite the prevailing situation. God will not bless you in one area and allow you to suffer in another area. Jabez did not cry because of what he was experiencing but he was clearly demanding God to give him a blessing, something he knew God has in abundance, was able to give and was willing to do for him. He did not ask for a specific type of blessing, but he knew when God’s blessing comes, everyone will see and know. Did you know a single blessing from God is capable of changing all your years of adversities? Take you far beyond everything you have ever experienced since the day you were born?

Sometimes we are confused of what to pray about when we want to pray. This is because we cannot fully understand and access our situations rightly, but whatever it may, never fail to spend some quality time in the presence of the Lord asking Him to bless you. Jacob and Jabez did just that and received results, you will receive result also. That is my prayer for you.

(2) That God will enlarge his new territory. Not the old one. After asking for an unspecified blessing, Jabez went into what he expects to see happen after the receiving the blessings. He asked for blessing that will bring enlargement to the territory he never had before, enlargement that will be far beyond the thoughts and imaginations of men, that of his parents, his brethren and everyone who had ever seen or known him. The kind of enlargement that will break the bounds of every form of limitation caused by his past actions, the actions and anger of his parental, their past involvements in any evil, the consequences of his own name and the wrong views of his personality by people around.

There is nothing as evil, annoying, wasteful and very disheartening to know that one is actually working and living in a place with an unknown evil limitation dominating. Having a limitation placed on one’s life and environments is one of the greatest evil that many people are going through today. The result of such is that it hinders your thoughts, blocks your ways and your actions despite your dreams and vision. It makes you smaller than what you know; who you are, and rub you of the benefits of every opportunity you will ever have in life. It makes every effort you put in to progress beyond a point to be a waste, renders one’s educational achievement, physical beauty, spiritual endowments, gift, talents, and effort a waste and unprofitable. But Jabez break the yoke of limitation off his life through prayers, because by reason of the anointing the yoke is broken. Isaiah 10:27. Ask for and pray for it. For Prayer Click here