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Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 (TLB)
The Prayer of Jabez
God Helps Those…
1 Chronicles 4:9-10 (TLB)
And I believe that when Jabez cried out in prayer: “Let your hand be with me”, this was the one part of his prayer that particularly touched God’s heart.
Now, what would Jabez have read from the Bible of his day that would have led him to pray “Let your hand be with me”.
These stories would have driven home to Jabez that God’s people were at their strongest when they were led by God’s hand, but at their weakest when they tried to go it alone.
The lesson for us is that if we want to be successful in our business, in our family and in our church, then we need God as our pilot.
When the Lord’s hand was upon Moses in this situation, Moses received God’s approval, favor and protection.
It would just shine out from him so that people would know who he was and who he loved.