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1 Chronicles 4:10 reads, "Oh, that You would bless me indeed."   Jabez prayed that God would bless him in three specific ways:   1) "Enlarge my territory." He had a dream of owning more land, and he asked God to bless that dream. When you stop dreaming you lose...

1 Chronicles 4:10 reads, "And Jabez called on the God of Israel."   In the book of First Chronicles, the Bible tells us about a man named Jabez. The first 9 chapters consist of genealogies, listing more than 600 names. And right there in the middle of all those names,...

1 Corinthians 9:27 reads, "I fear that...I myself might be disqualified."   Paul writes: "Don't you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run the win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that...

Proverbs 17:27 reads, "A man of knowledge uses words with restraint."   It's not enough to have the right answers; you need the right approach. Good ideas and sound advice are wasted when you use a ram-it-down-your-throat approach. Wisdom means saying the right thing,...

Proverbs 24:30 reads, "I went by the field of a lazy man."   It is better to be short-handed than to hire a sluggard; better to have nobody than a lazy body. Evidently Solomon had suffered through a few sluggards on his payroll: "As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to...

Proverbs 20:4 reads, "The lazy man will not plow because of winter."   The sluggard sees an obstacle in every opportunity. Though he can't hold down a job, there's always a good excuse. The hours are too long, the pay is too little, the work is too hard, people are...