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The Prayer of Jabez was Special – I Chronicles 4:1 – 4:43

A Heart Broken Little Girl

A heart-broken little girl began to kneel and pour out her heart to God in the altar at her local church. She did not know what to say. As she wept speechless, she began to remember what her Father had told her, “God knows your needs even before you pray, and he can answer when you don’t even know for what to ask.” So she began to say her alphabet. A concerned adult from that church knelt beside her and heard her sobbing and saying her ABC’s and inquired what exactly she was trying to do. The little girl told this caring adult, “I’m praying to God from my heart.” But the adult answered, “It sounds to me more like your are saying the alphabet!""Yes,” she said, “But God knows more about what I need than I do, and he can take all these letters and arrange them in just the right way to hear and answer my prayers!” (Toby Powers - Sermon Central)