RE: Yet another article on the Prayer of Jabez.
If this book or this prayer of Jabez is giving hope, encouragement
or even increasing faith – then I cant see why we should criticize
it in any way or judge it to be wrong.
RE: Yet another article on the Prayer of Jabez.
If this book or this prayer of Jabez is giving hope, encouragement
or even increasing faith – then I cant see why we should criticize
it in any way or judge it to be wrong.
I have prayed the prayer of Jabez many years, before even hearing
of this current interest in the book written by Bruce Wilkinson. I believe the
Bible is the inspired word of God and any portion is sacred. If anyone reads
Gods Holy Word and tries to apply it to their own life, I say, “Praise
the Lord.” Lets not try to analyze every move that another Christian
makes – or what God is doing through them. Going to God should be encouraged.
When God has blessed someone through His scripture, and that person shares it
with others, we should appreciate the history of what that scripture has done
for them. In sharing what they have learned, it gives others the courage to
do the same thing. We can start to believe, as the song goes, “what He
has done for others, He can do for you.” If it causes others to have hope,
courage, or strengthens their faith, then in my opinion, the work of encouragement
has been accomplished.
I disagree with others that say that this book is a formula
to get what you want from God, or that it may not be theologically correct,
or it may be a current anti-biblical manifestation of the health and wealth
approach to God. Anything that will bring us to the throne of God, to seek Him
for a better life here on earth is good in my eyes. It is still God that has
the right and authority to answer our prayers or not.
Rowena Roberson
Farmerville