If you ever feel at a loss for what to pray, there’s no
better guidebook for petitions to our Heavenly Father than the very book He
wrote—the Bible. Almost every book in there contains a plea or request, and
page after page points to another reason we need a Savior. So, when you feel
like you just don’t have words, turn first to the Word.
Although we could list hundreds of prayers, we plucked out
five of our favorites to show just how filled to the brim the Bible is with
ways to call upon our great God.
The Prayer of Jabez
(1 Chronicles 4:10)
When the author of Chronicles dutifully provides us with a
list of Judah’s descendants, he can’t help but stop himself. Right in the midst
of all these names, he comes to Jabez, a man he wants us to notice, a man of
true honor. If you’ve ever felt like you’ve caused pain or if you’ve ever
wanted to believe that God can do more than you can ask or imagine, this prayer
is for you:
“Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would
bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from
harm so that I will be free from pain.’ And God granted his request.”




