My Favorite Prayer in the Bible Discover How God Reacts to the Prayer of Jabez Last week I wrote about The Most Dangerous Prayer in the Bible, at least the prayer containing the most risky line. It’s a reminder that we must forgive quickly and...
Women in the Bible: The Mother of Jabez Though an entire book was written about his prayer, we actually know little about Jabez. The Bible only mentions him in two obscure verses, buried among a lengthy genealogy. We know even less about the...
Should We Avoid Vain Repetition When We Pray? As a kid I took seriously the warning in the Bible to avoid vain repetitions when we pray. Even at a young age I knew that reciting a memorized prayer over and over did not impress God. In fact I...
What the Prayer of Jabez Means To Me In my prior post, I made a couple of tweaks to the prayer of Jabez. The original text reads: Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore...
When I study the Bible, I use multiple versions (translations), depending on my mood and goals. One version that I seldom use, however, is the New King James Version (NKJV). There’s no particular reason, it’s just how things have...
What’s Your Favorite Bible Verse? What is your favorite verse in the Bible? Is it John 3:16? That seems to be one commonly cited. Or perhaps, it’s commonly cited, only because it is the only one people know. As a teen, just to be...
The obscure Old Testament character Jabez is only mentioned in two verses in the Bible. A reoccurring theme (if two verses can have a reoccurring theme) is pain. The birth of Jabez is marked by pain and his mom gives him a name to let everyone...
My Favorite Verse Just as we may have a favorite color, make of car, movie, or vacation destination, some people also have a favorite Bible verse. My favorite verse is not a common one and comes from an obscure passage in the Old Testament. It is...
Book Review: The Prayer of Jabez The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life By Bruce Wilkinson (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life, is a short work and a compelling read. It is based...
Jabez Was More Righteous Than His Brothers One final reflection on the Prayer of Jabez. In the scant bio for Jabez, it describes him as a good man, saying he “was more righteous than his brothers.” Righteous is a word that we...
