Message Notes

October 18th, 2026
Littles: Jabez

When God tells you to leave something behind, don’t let your attachment to your old life keep pulling you backward.

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, I gave birth to him in pain.
1 Chronicles 4:9

More honorable than his brothers.
1 Chronicles 4:9

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.
1 Chronicles 4:10

And God granted his request.
1 Chronicles 4:10

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.
1 Chronicles 4:10

Oh, that you would bless me

You do not have because you do not ask God.
James 4:2

Ask, and it will be given to you.
Matthew 7:7

Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory!
1 Chronicles 4:10

My abilities + experience + training + my personality and experience + my past + the expectations of others =
My Assigned Territory

My willingness and weakness +
God’s will and supernatural power
= My Expanding Territory

Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me…
1 Chronicles 4:10

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.
1 Chronicles 4:10

And God granted his request.
1 Chronicles 4:10

Don’t be afraid to pray big prayers in accordance with God’s will.

We trust in God’s answer, not Man’s recognition.

There is no mention of Chip Garrison in the book….

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.
1 Chronicles 4:10