• Opening Heaven 10 October 2017 (Tuesday) – l SHALL NOT BE POOR

Memorise

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. Proverbs 19:7

Open Heaven 10 October 2017 Bible Reading: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10

1 Ch 4:9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

1 Ch 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

Open Heaven 10 October 2017 Message

Having tasted poverty and a little bit of wealth, l can tell you that wealth is better than poverty. If you are living in poverty, l prophesy over you that God will lift you out of poverty in Jesus Name.

One of the reasons why I hate poverty so much is because of what Proverbs 14:20 says about the poor -is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich has many friends.

In today’s Bible reading, we are introduced to a Bible hero who experienced poverty, but who was not hypocritical about his undesirable condition. This fellow was Jabez. His mother named him Jabez because she gave birth to him with sorrow.

As Jabez grew up, he started experiencing the meaning of his name, and so, he decided to do something about it. It is unfortunate that many people, even some children of God, bear names with negative meanings and connotations, and yet they refuse to do something about it, even after they start sensing the negative influence of such names on their lives.

My prayer for you today is that the Almighty God will give you a name that will wipe away generational curses plaguing your life in Jesus’ Name.

What Jabez did to change his situation is a common thing that some people don’t consider necessary: he prayed. There are many lessons we can learn from the life of Jabez, the first of which is that Jabez called on the God he knew was a prayer answering God-the God of Israel.

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The question is, who are you calling upon? Psalm 5:3 clearly tells us who we should direct our prayers to “My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD, in the morning will l direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up A second lesson to learn from Jabez is that he did not ask for a small blessing; rather, he prayed that God should bless him indeed.

Thirdly, he prayed that God would be with him in his prosperity and keep him from evil. It is an open secret that many rich people live in one calamity or the other.

Jabez knew this, and so he prayed against riches that attract evil. What a great man who knew the ways of God! If you want poverty to be history in your life, you have to do something about it.

Jabez can be classified as someone who was destined to die in penury, but he prayed himself out of poverty and God heard him. Jesus is the way out of poverty (2 Corinthians 8:9).

The life that He gives and His principles will lift you out of poverty. Therefore, give your life to Him without further delay today, and poverty shall become history in your life in Jesus Name.

Open Heaven 10 October 2017 Hymn: Sing Hymn 10

Open Heaven 10 October 2017 Prayer Point:

Father, please bless me indeed with Your blessing that adds no sorrow.