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Five Prayers | Week 1: The Prayer of Jabez | 1 Chronicles 4:9–10

Maybe you remember a craze in the early 2000s where Christian publishing was all in on the prayer of Jabez. From coffee mugs to neckties, this prayer was reprinted over and over again. I’m not sure the message of the passage survived the marketing. What is the heart of this prayer, and what can we learn from this short prayer in the Old Testament?

Join us this Sunday as we begin our look at Five Prayers we can be praying in our lives.

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Heaven and Nature Sing | Luke 2:10–20 | Christmas Eve

Do you remember the greatest gift you ever received as a kid—the one given with so much love and thought that it stayed with you long after the wrapping paper was gone? Scripture tells us that God’s greatest gift was given the same way, from a heart of deep love and with our very best in mind. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,” a Savior born not just for a moment, but for eternity.

This Christmas, the question isn’t whether the gift has been given—but whether we’re willing to open it and truly receive the good news of great joy.

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