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1 | More thoughts on the prayer of Jabez? | 1 Chr 4:9 | Reformer Joe | 6481 | ||
Hank, I was wondering if you had actually taken the time to browse through the book. I haven't, but then I always am kind of allergic to whatever is on the "Top 10" shelf at my local Christian bookstore. If you have taken a look at it, what are your thoughts? --Joe! |
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2 | More thoughts on the prayer of Jabez? | 1 Chr 4:9 | Hank | 6485 | ||
Joe, as it was in the days of Ecclesiastes "the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearing to the body", so it is today. Having but two eyes, one part-time brain, and just 24 hours a day, I long ago abandoned hope of even trying to keep up with all the new printed stuff that clamors for attention. "The Prayer of Jabez" is a case in point. I have not read it nor intend to. But it has made so much stir that I did manage to read a couple of fairly illuminating reviews. The apparent raison d'etre for the book is to teach its readers to repeat the prayer of Jabez daily for 30 days, I believe the review said, and "see what happens." I'm vague on exactly what is supposed to happen, but I take it that the writer implies that it will be good. If these reviews are on the mark, then the reviews are all I care ever to know of the book. It reminds me of the positive thinking aphorisms that the disciples of Norman Vincent Peale were to chant until they got rich and famous. --Hank | ||||||
3 | More thoughts on the prayer of Jabez? | 1 Chr 4:9 | Reformer Joe | 6532 | ||
This idea is not too far off from the Christian Science view of God as some "divine principle," a force of nature to be tapped into. It saddens me greatly to see many Christians who think of God as something like the Force from Star Wars, an impersonal law of nature whose forgiveness we gain and whose power we can obtain for ourselves if only we focus our own wills and energy in the right way. Terribly New Age, and it has no place in a biblical, Christian worldview where God actually says "no" at times when we pray to him, no matter how much faith we can "muster." Then, many Christians blame themselves when bad things happen despite all their prayer. "My sister wouldn't have died if only I had had enough faith" and that kind of talk. As Christians, we must all strive in our own congregations at lovingly but firmly eliminating such spiritual pollution. Trouble is, there aren't enough people speaking out against popular yet ungodly trends due to the fact that they would be perceived as not being "nice" or "trying to quench the Spirit," etc. Thanks for your insight! --Joe! |
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4 | More thoughts on the prayer of Jabez? | 1 Chr 4:9 | EdB | 6566 | ||
I read the book the Prayer of Jabez this morning. All in all, the book is pretty good. The thrust of the message is asking God to use you. The author explains how he graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary and wasn't sure how God wanted to use to use him. He prayed the Prayer of Jabez and God has opened doors beyond his wildest dreams. He started and is the president of Walk Through the Bible (which in itself is excellent). While the message of the book is solid it can easily be abused, as I said before the whole thing can quickly become a Talisman. |
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