Prosperity in Jabez Prayer - You would Bless me (A)

Read: Matthew 6:24; 21; 1 Chronicles 4:9-10; Psalm 5:12; 67: 6-7; 41: 1-2; Deuteronomy 16:15; Proverbs 10:22; Ecclesiastes 5:19; 16:15; 15: 6, 10

Jebez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez (pain), saying, "I give birth to him in pain." Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh that you would bless me....

1 Chronicles 4: 9-10

Introduction

       In Matthew 6:24 said, No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. So that God give us prosperity and blessings, in order us to serve God more, not less. What do you focus on? It means what our eyes on things right now, may be money, material living or other things to instead God, take God's position away from our hearts. There are nothing to contend our lives again.

       In Matthew 6: 21 said, "For where your treasure is, there you heart will be also." Today, we use Jabez prayer to be blessing, prosperity and rich in God or in this earth. Then we can find out how to do, we can be blessings ourselves and pass on others. We can be rich and serve God in prosperity.

        In Chronicles 4: 9-10 said, God granted Jabez  prayer: 1.  You (God) would bless me, 2.  enlarge my territory, 3.  Your hand be with me, 4.  Keep me from harm, so that 5.  I will be free from pain. Today we talk You (God) would bless me as blow:

(a)  Bless you with Favor. (Psalm 5: 12)

        "For surely, O Lord you bless the righteous, you surround them with your favor as with a shield." God give us favor with a shield, it means the protection, no harm.

(b)  Bless us for Harvest. (Psalm 67: 6-7)

        "Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us, God will bless us and all the ends of the earth will fear him." WOW! The land will yield its harvest, it means we do not work hard to get harvest, God will bless us who fear Him.

       Then we read Deuteronomy 16: 15 said, "God will bless you in all your harvest." God brings harvest in our lives in all of our harvest.

(c)  Blessing for security. (Psalm 41: 1-2)

       "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in time of trouble. The Lord will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foe." God blesses us with security in time of trouble, He protect us and preserve our lives, and there are no our foes. Praise the Lord!

(d)  Blessing for wealth without trouble. (Proverbs

        10: 22)

        "The blessing of the Lord bring wealth and he adds no trouble to it." God brings wealth without troublesome. And in Ecclesiastes 5: 19 said, "When God give any man wealth and possessions, and enable him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work - this is a gift of God." God gives us wealth and possessions, we enable to enjoy them, be happy in our work, it is the gift of God.

(e)  Bless your work. (Deuteronomy 15: 10)

       "Because of this the Lord, your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to." and 16: 15 said, "... and in all the work in your hands, and your joy will be complete." God blesses our work, our hands work for it, God blesses us, so our joy will be complete.

(f)  Blessing with no debt. (Deuteronomy 15: 6)

       "For the Lord, your God will bless you as he has promised and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none, you will rule ever many nations but non will rule over you." We are blessed by no debt, no borrow money, but lend to others. We shall charge and rule over others. We shall have debt free. It is grace of God.

Serve God, we get wealth and God!

Author: Rev. Rebecca Sun