Prayer Ⅴ: how to pray for yourself

• Pastor: Jeff Klingenberg
• Location: Highridge Parker County

Intro

• Prayer is simply communing with God.
• Jeff doesn’t go long with prayer, but doesn’t go long without it either (aka short prayers).
• How do I pray for myself? The prayer of Jabez
• 1 Chronicles 4:9-10
  • Ezra writing out the names of 407 people.

Sermon

• Jabez (Hebrew for pain) was more honorable than his brothers (honorable meant literally a big baby)
• He prayed: Bless me, enlarge my border, keep me from harm. God
• God intervenes when you intercede.
• (When you engage him into your life, he engages your life.)

Three things to pray for yourself:

1. Pray to be blessed
   • Genesis 1:22
   • Luke 24:50-52: Jesus lifted His hands and blessed them so they could get over their sadness and extend His kingdom.
   • God is ready to bless: ask for it.
2. Pray to prosper
   • Enlarging of provision is from God (not to be confused with the prosperity gospel)
   • Psalm 90
   • Proverbs: there is wealth that comes from God that He adds no sorrow to.
   • Isaiah 60:5
   • He is the God of more than enough.
   • Prospered by God to provide provision for the vision.
   • Are you able to be trusted with prosperity? If so, pray for it.
3. Pray for protection
   • That Your hand will be on me and keep me from harm
   • The Lords hand is what guides us and keeps us from trouble.
   • John 17:15