Rating:  Summary: Life Change Review: The author is very realistic in his dealing with life and it's potential problems. This author knows THE AUTHOR who can and will help with all the problems. In this book is a key to a happier life. Read it! you will agree.
Rating:  Summary: Awesome doctrine!!! Review: Incredible little book....can really excite you for the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. A "MUST read", if you feel you are at a dead end street.
Rating:  Summary: Life changing (if you put it to practice)! Review: Tremendous book. Good solid teaching, with biblical footings.
Rating:  Summary: God's Blessing Review: This little book (I read it in 2 hours) provides insight and know-how for putting yourself in the places where God can bless you. I will never again "coincidentally" talk to someone. The author's experiences show that when you are seeking God's blessing and are willing to let Him lead, opportunities come to you to share God (enlarge your territory) and be blessed INDEED.
Rating:  Summary: Easily One Of The Best Review: Kept my attention, made perfect sense, changing my life! Right up there with Anderson's "Margin".
Rating:  Summary: Awesome message! Review: One of the most insightful, thought-provoking books I have read. Wish I seen this one about 20 years ago!
Rating:  Summary: The Prayer of Jabez Review: This is a life-changing book. If you follow the tenets outlined by Dr. Wilkinson, you and those you meet in your daily walk will be touched by the strength and power of God's hand.
Rating:  Summary: Buy this book - but read it very critically!! Review: The prayer of Jabez is the prayer of Jabez, a little known character in 1st Chronicles 4 who prays the following prayer : "O 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!" Bruce Wilkinson interprets this prayer as a master plan for christian life. He puts forward a somewhat radical argument, suggesting that the Christian should ask God for "plenty" each day. The one redemption to his misguided interpretation of prayer is that he attempts to expains this plenitude of blessings, he urges us to request, as equivalent to submerging ourselves in the "river of God's will". I still feel though that the overall impression he conveys, and incidentally the very impression he mildly tries to denounce, is that prayer is a self-serving tool of personal enrichment or something of the sort. This is a clear misinterpretation of the act of prayer, which he himself admits is the "ultimate act of worship." The prayer of Jabez is no doubt an interesting and well thought out book however I feel that the fundamental argument is a misrepresentation of the value and true essence of prayer. The book ends up deceiving the undescerning reader into thinking that prayer is merely a tool for accessing the goods that God has in store for his children. I finished the read feeling as if the prayer of one character had been elevated and blown out of proportion and used as the basis for .... There are more exemplary prayers such as the Lord's prayer and it would have been great if Burce Wilkinson had modelled his masterplan on the prayer that our Lord himself taught us.
Rating:  Summary: American Christianity for a Dollar At It's Best Review: Hey I think I'll buy the prayer of jabez wallet or the journal, or the watchband, or the prayer of jabez study guide or the prayer of jabez lamp. Give me a break...our American Christianity is a joke...it's all trying to make a buck...look at the christian bookstores...they'll try to cash in on anything... If Jesus walked into one of them, He'd overturn all the tables...just like He did in the temple
Rating:  Summary: The objection that others may have. Review: Review on "The Prayer of Jabez" and "A Life God Rewards". The intent to convey the beauty of a prayer or a righteous life that God honored (or is honoring) is wonderful! But the objection that a few others have that Wilkinson should address in future editions VIGOROUSLY is what happens when a Christian doesn't experience the blessings that they so desire, whether it be for healing or financial blessing. As we are all aware in life, we see an abundant amount of people become blessed who may not be Christians and yet, at the same time, see our own Christian brethren lose his/her job, even a home, family and/or marital support. If you deny this, turn back to the Bible and look at the trials that many of God's people went through. Bottom line is this: (Some would argue) Since God poured His blessings upon King David (even after all the brutal sins that were committed), why wouldn't they receive blessings "above and beyond" what King David was anointed? Because it is additionally based on God's will, along with our prayer requests. So, it isn't just based on our prayers or the way we live life, but how God chooses--by His own will--to bless His children.
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