Sermon Note
Pastor Gabriel
Prayer of Jabez
1 Chronicles 4:10 NASB
10 Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would greatly bless me and extend my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm so that it would not hurt me!” And God brought about what he requested.
have you received Him as your Lord and Saviour?
Galatians 3:29 NKJV
29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
An heir will inherit
We are Abraham’s seed and an heir according to the promise.
Jabez was from the tribe of Judah
Genesis 12:1-3 NKJV
1 Now the Lord had said to Abram:
“Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Go, I will show you.
I will make you a great nation.
I will bless you and you shall be a blessing
God does not want you to be a spectator
This church is a blessing.
God will bless me greatly so that i can be a blessing!
All the families of the earth shall be blessed
Genesis 12:4-6 NKJV
4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.
6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
Shechem means shoulder
Shoulder is a place of strength
When we are God’s children we are viewing on higher ground
Genesis 12:4-6
Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem (shoulder), as far as the terebinth tree (Alon Elon – strength, might) of Moreh former rain). And the Canaanites were then in the land.
Moreh :
Teacher of righteousness
Sow your finances in teacher of righteousness
THE teacher of righteousness is Jesus
Genesis 12:7-10 NKJV
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
9 So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Bethel : house of God
Ai : Heap of ruins
When you go down to Egypt, it means you go down in your experiences, faith and moral
Abram told his wife Sara that if they asked her, don’t tell them she is his wife but his sister
Genesis 13:1-18 NKJV
1 Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South.
2 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
3 And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4 to the place of the altar which he had made there at first. And there Abram called on the name of the Lord.
5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents.
6 Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”
10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other.
12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord.
14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward;
15 for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.
16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.
17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
18 Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord.
Sermon title to listen:
Hope for the Third day generation
Canaanites : barterers, traffickers
Perizzites : unwalled villagers
Speaks of weakness
Abram has the revelation to separate from Lots. The veil that blinds us
Let us therefore be bold
Intimacy with God
You go right or left, God will bless you
Don’t have spirit of strife
Trust God
When God said I will give to you it means I will give to you
Mamre means strength and fatness
Hebron means fellowship
Genesis 15:1 NKJV
1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
A shield that protects you all around
Great : Raba
Multiply, expand
1 Chronicles 4:10 NKJV
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.
Let your mind and thoughts be on His house
Jesus said He comes and give us life and have life more abundantly
Don’t allow your limitation to stop you from serving in the house of Grace
You find multiplication and success in His house
Genesis 15:1-3 NKJV
1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!”
Genesis 15:4-6 NKJV
4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.”
5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
6 And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
Look now to heaven
Abram believed in the Lord and accounted to Him for righteousness. Righteousness by faith
Without faith it is impossible to please God
We believe in the Lord and He account to us for righteousness
