I Want To Be A Jabez For Jesus
Ken Trivette
I Chronicles 4:9-10
1. I must confess that the first 9 chapters of I Chronicles is not the most exciting portion of the Bible to read. These chapters read like a Hebrew telephone book. There are more than 500 names given to us. Reading through all these names, names that you can't pronounce, can be dull reading.
2. Yet in verses 9-10, we read of a man named Jabez. He is one of those fellows that stir us to give our best, do our best, and be our best for God.
3. Someone has said that in each of us there are 3 persons: . There is the person you are right now. . There is the person you could be for evil if you allowed Satan to control your life. . There is the person you could be for God if you allowed God to rule your life.
4. Jabez demonstrates for us the person we could be if we let God rule our life. Jabez is the kind of person I want to be. What I see in Jabez I want to see in this Church.
5. Let's look at this fascinating character and this inspiring passage from God's Word. Let me point out 3 things from the passage about this man that begin in the shadows and ended in the spotlight.
1. THE PERSON OF JABEZ!
1. Now there is very little that we know about Jabez. We don't know where he was born, where he lived, or when he died. We don't know if he was from a prominent family or a poor family. About all we know of his person are what his name reveals and what his life shows.
A. HIS NAME THAT IS SO SUGGESTIVE.
1. We read in verse 9, ''...and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.''
2. There are several Bible names I would never think of to give to a child. I certainly would not name a girl Jezebel or a boy Judas. Nobody names their children Jezebel or Judas.
3. Jabez is another name that I would not give a child. The name ''Jabez'' means, ''to grieve, sorrowful, pain.''
4. How would you like to be named ''pain?'' I have kno ...
Ken Trivette
I Chronicles 4:9-10
1. I must confess that the first 9 chapters of I Chronicles is not the most exciting portion of the Bible to read. These chapters read like a Hebrew telephone book. There are more than 500 names given to us. Reading through all these names, names that you can't pronounce, can be dull reading.
2. Yet in verses 9-10, we read of a man named Jabez. He is one of those fellows that stir us to give our best, do our best, and be our best for God.
3. Someone has said that in each of us there are 3 persons: . There is the person you are right now. . There is the person you could be for evil if you allowed Satan to control your life. . There is the person you could be for God if you allowed God to rule your life.
4. Jabez demonstrates for us the person we could be if we let God rule our life. Jabez is the kind of person I want to be. What I see in Jabez I want to see in this Church.
5. Let's look at this fascinating character and this inspiring passage from God's Word. Let me point out 3 things from the passage about this man that begin in the shadows and ended in the spotlight.
1. THE PERSON OF JABEZ!
1. Now there is very little that we know about Jabez. We don't know where he was born, where he lived, or when he died. We don't know if he was from a prominent family or a poor family. About all we know of his person are what his name reveals and what his life shows.
A. HIS NAME THAT IS SO SUGGESTIVE.
1. We read in verse 9, ''...and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.''
2. There are several Bible names I would never think of to give to a child. I certainly would not name a girl Jezebel or a boy Judas. Nobody names their children Jezebel or Judas.
3. Jabez is another name that I would not give a child. The name ''Jabez'' means, ''to grieve, sorrowful, pain.''
4. How would you like to be named ''pain?'' I have kno ...
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