We are to be wise AND full of faith. (Mt. 10:16)

“Enlarge my border” requires faith, and faith requires .

Walking in faith sometimes seems to .

 I struggle to pray like Jabez because it seems .

“I already have so much in so many areas of my existence that asking for more 
blessings seems .”

We are actually called to ask but to ask with . (Jam. 4:3)

I struggle to pray like Jabez because I feel like I have than I can handle right now.

As God’s children, He’s going to lead us to some things that unless He shows up, unless His hand is with us, failure is .

I struggle to pray like Jabez because I’ve been in the past.

When we have a spiritual , we tend to shrink back from the of faith.

Faith is honest about the .

But faith sees even more the faithfulness of the Father, seeing His overwhelmingly generous heart most clearly seen in the of Jesus.

We fulfill the totality of the for which God placed on this planet at this time by praying and acting in faith. (Acts 13:36) 


NOTE: Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson is a great book and was a great resource for this series.