God Answers Jabez’s Prayer
God Answers Jabez’s Prayer After Jabez’s short and concise prayer comes encouraging words of confirmation and affirmation.The Bible simply notes that “God granted him what he requested.” How exciting! Although I...
Jabez Asks God: Not Cause Pain/Do Good
Jabez Asks God: Not Cause Pain/Do Good The fifth and final line in Jabez’s prayer is “that I may not cause pain.” At first glance this is an unclear and somewhat wordy request. However, it can be reworded for clarity. To not...
Jabez Asks God: Keep Me From Evil
Jabez Asks God: Keep Me From Evil The fourth line in Jabez’s prayer is: “that you would keep me from evil” If this request sounds vaguely familiar, there is good reason. In the best known prayer in the Bible, often called...
Jabez Asks God: That Your Hand Would Be With Me
Jabez Asks God: That Your Hand Would Be With Me The third line of Jabez’s prayer is: “that Your hand would be with me” Having just asked God for greater blessing—in order to bless others—and more influence—in order to help...
Jabez Asks God: Enlarge My Territory
Jabez Asks God: Enlarge My Territory After Jabez asks for blessings so that he could be a blessing to others, he then adds: “and enlarge my territory” In Bible times, territory meant power via increased authority, responsibility, and...
Jabez Asks God: Bless Me, Indeed!
Jabez Asks God: Bless Me, Indeed! The first line of the Prayer of Jabez, is: “Oh, that you would bless me, indeed…” First of all, the word “indeed” is a way of adding emphasis, much like we would do with an...
The Prayer of Jabez
The Prayer of Jabez The Prayer of Jabez* is a short prayer and is found in 1 Chronicles 4:9-10; it is also the subject of a recent popular book by the same name. After a short, very short, bio of Jabez, his equally short prayer is given, followed...
Book Review: Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
Book Review: Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life By Donald S. Whitney (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) As stated in the book’s title, “Spiritual Disciples for the Christian Life,”...
What Gender is God?
What Gender is God? What gender is God? Although I’m not sure how important the answer is in the overall scheme of things, it is nonetheless often debated and speculated. Here is a smattering of responses to this query: God is male since...
Peter: Disciple, Confidant, and Leader
Peter: Disciple, Confidant, and Leader It’s interesting that we tend to equate writing prolificacy with profundity. As such, the numerous writings of Paul, which account for about one third of the New Testament, are highly esteemed. The two...