- God’s power under us, in us, surging through us, is exactly what turns
d wants your borders
expanded at all times with every person and if you were confident that God’s
owerful hand is directing you even as you minister?
ing
- st friend were about to move away? What if you had
only a few hours left to spend together? How valuable would that time be?
riend had something really important to say to you.
“Listen carefully,” he might say. Would you pay better attention then? “I
until now...but I can’t
g to remember them
e Jesus? How closely
would you listen to Him?
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dependence into unforgettable experiences of completeness.
- How would your day unfold if you believed that Go
p
- Neither is repentance a one-time act. It is a lifestyle, an ongo
commitment to keep putting aside our rebellion and receive God’s
forgiveness.
What if your very be
Now imagine that your f
have to tell you something,” he might add. “I waited
wait any longer.” Would you cling to his words, hopin
forever? Now what if that person about to speak wer
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e God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless
me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with
, that I may not cause
.” So im what he requested.
e a call
to live a more “b
recited this pray years, and he testifies
enthusiastically to the changes it has wrought in his own life.
Dr. Wilkinson writes in a very personal, conversational style and challenges
readers to recite the Jabez prayer every morning and keep a record of the changes
that occur. He says the power is not in the prayer itself, but “rather, the power is in
what you believe will happen as a result of the prayer and the action you take.”
Bruce Wilkinson’s international best-seller, The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking
Through to the Blessed Life, is clearly the place to get started. The book’s main
character is named Jabez, a man from the Bible who is virtually unknown. In
Chronicles 1, Chapter 4:
Jabez called on th
me, and that You would keep me from evil
pain God granted h
Jabez’s simple petition to God is the cornerstone of the book and has becom
lessed life” for millions of readers. Dr. Wilkinson says he has
er every day for more than 30