Bible
Lesson: Answered Prayer: Jabez Prays For God's Blessings.
Subject
Of Prayer: Jabez Believed That God Would Bless The One Who Would Live
Faithfully To Him.
Bible
Text:
I
Chronicles 4:9-10 NLT
9
There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his
brothers. His mother named him Jabez* because his birth had been so
painful.
10
He was the one who prayed to The God Of Israel, “Oh, that you would
bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do,
and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his
request.
*Jabez-Hebrew:
Yabets (Yah-bates): To
grieve; sorrowful.
Who
was Jabez?
Actually,
we do not know. What we do know is that a city was named Jabez,
perhaps in honor of thee Jabez.
I
Chronicles 2:54,55 NLT
54
The descendants of Salma were the people of Bethlehem, the
Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, the other half of the Manahathites,
the Zorites,
55
and the families of scribes living at Jabez—the Tirathites,
Shimeathites, and Sucathites. All these were Kenites who descended
from Hammath, the father of the family of Recab.
If
this was the case, than more than perhaps, Jabez was a Jewish scribe.
I
Chronicles 4:9 NLT
Jabez
was an honorable man, more than his brothers.
Honorable:
A
person who is upright, of dignity, noble, worthy of honor, high
respect, creditable, a person of principles of honor.
Jabez,
born through much pain. In America in the year 2013, 19 women died of
every 100,000 who gave birth.
Jabez,
could have been born by breech birth. Breech birth is when the bottom
of the baby is delivered first, the head last (Head first the normal
birth pattern).
In
today's world a breech baby is born by Caesarean section (this was
not possible 3,000 years ago.), as there is a high rate of
mortality for vaginal breech delivery, and also the fact that most
if not all hospitals will not permit, Breech vaginal
deliveries. Is it possible for a Breech baby to be born vaginally,
yes, but most doctors, and or hospitals, have not been trained how as
to perform such delivers.
Whatever
the case was with Jabez, his birth caused his mother much pain, and
yet Jabez lived and so did his mother.
Who
was Jabez?
I
Chronicles 4:10 NLT
“He
was the one who prayed
to
The God Of Israel...”
Psalm
5:3 KJV
My
voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I
direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Jabez
not only believed in and served The God Of Israel, but he prayed to
Him!
I
Timothy 2:8 KJV
I
will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting.
I
Chronicles 4:10 NLT
“...“Oh,
that you would bless
me...”
Blessings
do not come from the enemy of our soul, his agenda is....
John
10:10 KJV
The
thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to
destroy: I am come that they might have Life, and that they might
have it more abundantly.
I
Chronicles 4:10 NLT
“...
expand my territory...”
In
The Lord's blessing, Jabez prayed for more land.
Isaiah
54:1-3 KJV
1
"... O Jerusalem...says The Lord.
2
“Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and
spare no expense!
3
For you will soon be bursting at the seams. Your descendants will
occupy other nations and resettle the ruined cities.
I
Chronicles 4:10 NLT
“...Please
be with me in all that I do...”
Our
Lord's promise to His people:
Matthew
28:20 NLT
"...be
sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
I
Chronicles 4:10 NLT
“...keep
me from all trouble and pain!...”
God's
promise to His people:
Psalm
121:1-8 KJV
1
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2
My help cometh from The Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3
He will not suffer (permit) thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth
thee will not slumber.
4
Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5
The Lord is thy Keeper: The Lord is thy Shade upon thy right hand.
6
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy
soul.
8
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this
time forth, and even for evermore.
I
Chronicles 4:10 NLT
“...And
God granted him his request.
Psalm
65:2 KJV
O
thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Isaiah
56:7 KJV
"...for
Mine house shall be called an House Of Prayer for all people.
God hears and answers prayer:
Psalm
91:15,16 KJV
15
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.
16
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him My salvation.
Isaiah
58:9 KJV
Then
shalt thou call, and The Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He
shall say, Here I am..."
Isaiah
65:24 KJV
And
it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and
while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Zechariah
13:9 KJV
And
I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as
silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall
call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people:
and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Luke
11:9,10 KJV
9
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and
to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
John
15:7 KJV
If
ye abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will,
and it shall be done unto you.
The
God who hears and answers prayer:
Joshua
10:14 KJV
And
there was no day like that before it or after it, that The Lord
hearkened unto the voice of a man: for The Lord fought for Israel.
Nehemiah
9:27 KJV
in
the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest
them
I
Chronicles 16:11 KJV
Seek
The Lord and His strength, seek His face continually.
Nehemiah
9:27 KJV
in
the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest
them
Job
22:27 KJV
Thou
shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee..."
Psalm
6:9 KJV
The
Lord hath heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer.
Psalm
55:17 KJV
Evening,
and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall
hear my voice.
Psalm
65:2 KJV
O
thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Psalm
66:19 KJV
But
verily God hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalm
88:1,2 KJV
1
O lord God of my Salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalm
91:15 KJV
He
shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.
Psalm
99:6,8 KJV
6
"...they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
8
Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest
them..."
Psalm
102:17 KJV
He
will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their
prayer.
Psalm
122:6 KJV
Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Proverbs
15:8,29 KJV
8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to The Lord: but the
prayer of the upright is His delight.
29
The Lord is far from the wicked: but He heareth the prayer of the
righteous.
Isaiah
38:5 KJV
“...I
have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears...”
Isaiah
56:7 KJV
"...
for Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah
58:9 KJV
Then
shalt thou call, and The Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He
shall say, Here I am...:"
Isaiah
65;24 KJV
And
it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and
while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Jeremiah
29:13 KJV
And
ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all
your heart.
Jeremiah
33:3 KJV
Call
unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty
things, which thou knowest not.
Zechariah
13:9 KJV
And
I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as
silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall
call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people:
and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Joel
2:32 KJV
And
it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of The
Lord shall be delivered..."
Matthew
5:44 KJV
But
I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good
to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you,
and persecute you;
Matthew
6:6 KJV
But
thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast
shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father
which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew
7:7,8 KJV
7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and
it shall be opened unto you:
8
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and
to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Matthew
18:19,20 KJV
19
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as
touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of
My Father which is in heaven.
20
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I
in the midst of them.
Matthew
21:22 KJV
And
all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
receive.
Matthew
26:41 KJV
Watch
and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak.
Mark
11:24,25 KJV
24
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any:
that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses.
Luke
11:9,10 KJV
9
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and
to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Luke
18:1,7,8 KJV
1
And He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always
to pray, and not to faint;
7
"...don’t you think God will surely give justice to His chosen
people who cry out to Him day and night? Will He keep putting them
off?
8
I tell you, He will grant justice to them quickly! But when The Son
Of Man returns, how many will He find on the earth who have faith?”
Luke
21:36 KJV
Watch
ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to
escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before
The Son Of Man.
John
14:13,14 KJV
13
And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that The
Father may be glorified in The Son.
14
If ye shall ask any thing in My name, I will do it.
John
15:7,16 KJV
7
If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you.
16
Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that
ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should
remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of The Father in My name, He may
give it you.
John
16:23,24 KJV
23
And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Whatsoever ye shall ask
The
Father in My name, he will give it you.
24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive,
that your joy may be full.
Romans
10:12 KJV
For
there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same
Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him.
Ephesians
2:18 KJV
For
through Him we both have access by one Spirit unto The Father.
Ephesians
6:18 KJV
Praying
always with all prayer and supplication in The Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Philippians
4:6 NLT
Don’t
worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what
you need, and thank Him for all He has done.
Colossians
4:2 NLT
Devote
yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
I
Thessalonians 5:17 KJV
Pray
without ceasing.
I
Timothy 2:8 KJV
I
will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands,
without wrath and doubting.
Hebrews
4:16 KJV
Let
us therefore come boldly unto The Throne Of Grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews
10:19 KJV
Having
therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by The Blood
Of Jesus,
James
1:6 KJV
But
let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like
a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
James
4:8 KJV
Draw
nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you
James
5:13-16 KJV
13
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing
psalms.
14
Is any sick among you? 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:
15
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and The Lord shall raise
him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye
may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much.
I
Peter 4:7 KJV
But
the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch
unto prayer.
I
John 3:22 KJV
And
whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His
commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
I
John 5:14,15 KJV
14
And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any
thing according to His will, He heareth us:
15
And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we
have the petitions that we desired of Him.
Revelation
8:3-5 NLT (Prayers
heard and kept)
3
Then another angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the
altar. And a great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the
prayers of God’s people as an offering on the gold altar before the
throne.
4
The smoke of the incense, mixed with the prayers of God’s holy
people, ascended up to God from the altar where the angel had poured
them out.
5
Then the angel filled the incense burner with fire from the altar..."
