HOW TO TRANSFORM FROM WRETCHEDNESS TO NOBILITY

THURSDAY, 24TH NOVEMBER, 2022.

Topic: HOW TO TRANSFORM FROM WRETCHEDNESS TO NOBILITY

MEMORIZE: "And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested" (1 CHRONICLES 4:10).

SCRIPTURE READING: 1 CHRONICLES 4:1-10 (NKJV).

"¹ The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ² And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. ³ These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; ⁴ and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem. ⁵ And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶ Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷ The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan; ⁸ and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. ⁹ Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him in pain." ¹⁰ And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" So God granted him what he requested."

EXPOSITION:

The text contains a long list of names, obviously, with nothing special to write about them except only one person called Jabez vv9,10. 

Oh Lord, I plead that you will not allow me to live an inconsequential life in my generation.

1. Knowledge: He knew that, being a seed of Abraham, he was a blessed person by covenant vv9,10. As a child of God, you are joint heirs of all that God has both in heaven and earth. Do you belief this?

2. Refusal: He refused to be limited by his birth, background, brain, backwardness, bondage, barriers etc. vv9,10. What about you?

3. Faith: He had the personal relationship with God that helped his faith in God of all possibilities vv9,10. Are you born again and having a deep relationship with God?

4. Clear vision: He had a clear vision of what God has predestined him to be in life as a seed of Abraham vv9,10. His desire was along this divine vision.

5. "Kneeology": He made desperate, well defined, devil scaring and daring prayers to God vv9,10.

PRAYER POINTS: 

i. Pray for divine visitation for children of God who have ignorantly resigned to wretchedness or mediocrity.

ii. Pray for complete failure and disappointments for all super power personalities that want to take the position of God.

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DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Acts 23-25.