The prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4 is remarkable, but not for the reasons it has often been celebrated in contemporary evangelicalism. In the year 2000 Bruce Wilkerson turned an obscure passage in the Old Testament into a runaway best seller that sold more than 2 million copies in just over a year. While it was wildly successful at pew level, many reviewers and Christian leaders criticised it for commending “vain repetitions” and for espousing a soft prosperity Gospel. The book focuses on Jabez’s prayer for God to bless him and enlarge his borders:
The Prayer of Jabez (From the Bible, Not the Book)
