Jabez prayed that God would bless him, enlarge his territory, be with him, and protect him from harm. God answered Jabez's prayer. The document explores principles for effective prayer seen in Jabez's prayer and other biblical passages, such as asking God, asking in faith, having proper motives, recognizing that all good things come from God, trusting in God's presence, and finding protection in God.

2. 9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named
him Jabez saying, “Because I bore him with pain.” 10 Now Jabez
called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would bless me
indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me,
and that You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!” And
God granted him what he requested.
- 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 NASB
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3. It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He
had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray
just as John also taught his disciples.
- Luke 11:1 NASB
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4. 9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will
find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 “For everyone who asks,
receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be
opened. 11 “Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a
fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? 12 “Or if he
is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? 13 “If you
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how
much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who
ask Him?”
- Luke 11:9-13 NASB
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5. 5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all
generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But he
must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like
the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man
ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8being
a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
- James 1:5-7 NASB
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6. 2 You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious
and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because
you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with
wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
- James 4:2-3 NASB
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7. “Oh that You would bless me indeed”
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8. Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming
down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or
shifting shadow.
- James 1:17 NASB
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9. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down,
shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with
the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
- Luke 6:38 NASB
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10. “Enlarge my border”
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11. 16 And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was
very productive. 17 “And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What
shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’ 18 “Then he said,
‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones,
and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 ‘And I will say to
my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come;
take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’ 20 “But God said to him, ‘You
fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own
what you have prepared?’ 21 “So is the man who stores up treasure for
himself, and is not rich toward God.”
- Luke 12:17 NASB
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12. “Your hand might be with me”
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13. 2 “I will send an angel before you and I will drive out the Canaanite, the
Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. 3 “Go up
to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst,
because you are an obstinate people, and I might destroy you on the
way.”
- Exodus 33:2-3 NASB
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14. 15 Then he said to Him, “If Your presence does not go with us, do not
lead us up from here. 16 “For how then can it be known that I have
found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going
with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all
the other people who are upon the face of the earth?”
- Exodus 33:15-16 NASB
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15. 66 As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not
walking with Him anymore. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not
want to go away also, do you?” 68 Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord,
to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.
- John 6:66-68 NASB
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16. “That You would keep me from harm”
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17. 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own
understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make
your paths straight. 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD
and turn away from evil. 8 It will be healing to your body and
refreshment to your bones.
- Proverbs 3:5-8 NASB
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18. 5 Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being
content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I WILL NEVER
DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,” 6 so that we
confidently say, “THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID.
WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?”
- Hebrews 13:5-6 NASB
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19. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the
peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4:6-7 NASB
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