Jabez Is No Joke
May 31, 2024

Part 5
Intentionality of Increase
Title: Jabez is No Joke

1Ch 4:9 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.
1Ch 4:10 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. —NLT

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Honour is the Reward of Virtue —Marcus Tullius Cicero

Favour grows in the soil of .

Being more honourable than his brothers meant that he was not the product of his raising. He stood out from his family as someone pleasing to God.
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Dishonouring the church by always saying, “The church is this or that or the problem with the Church is,” will prevent you from becoming planted in one and ipso facto from ever partaking in the blessed life promised to those who are planted in the House of the Lord. —.

Psa 92:13-15 (NLT)
13 For they are transplanted to the LORD’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.
14 Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.
15 They will declare, “The LORD is just! He is my rock! There is no evil in him!” —NLT

Same NEW You!

Jer 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” —NKJV

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When we realize how GOOD our God is, our prayers will be prayers framed by future

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Eph 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
Eph 3:21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. —NKJV

Pray For MORE of His

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God to it.

2Co 6:11 Dear, dear Corinthians, I can’t tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life.
2Co 6:12 We didn’t fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren’t small, but you’re living them in a small way.
2Co 6:13 I’m speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live openly and expansively! —MSG