Prayer of Jabez

Kids and Sunday School Resources

Projects and Activities

• Do I 'Haff' to? - An exercise exploring the fourth line of Jabez's prayer (keep me from evil)
• Help! Hang on to My Hand Please! - Encourages students to ask for God's help in difficult situations just as Jabez does in the third line of his prayer (stay close to me)
• Is It OK to Ask God? - Helps students apply the first line of Jabez's prayer (please bless me God). This exercise explores how several Bible characters asked God for assistance in reaching a goal
• People Who Prayed (older children) - List Bible characters who prayed, what they prayed for, and the results of their prayer
• Prayer Exercise (young children) - Help children become more comfortable praying
• Teach Me to Pray (young children) - Give each child a doll or stuffed animal and have them teach their doll or animal to pray
• What Do You Want? - Helps students better understand the practical application of the second line of Jabez's prayer (enlarge my borders)

Fun and Games

• Break the Code - Jabez (Older Children) - Match the symbol with the correct letter to decode the second line of Jabez's prayer
• Break the Code - Jabez (Young Children) - Spell out the second line of Jabez's prayer using a cute animal code
• Coloring Page - Bless Me
• Coloring Page - Jabez Praying
• God's Wonderful Care - Use the 91st Psalm as an example of prayer. Fill in the blanks and then find the hidden objects.
• Hidden Message - Jabez - Cross out every third letter to uncover the first line of Jabez's prayer
• Jabez Unscramble - Unscramble the fourth line in Jabez's prayer
• Picture Code - Jabez (young children) - Write the first letter of each picture to discover the third line of Jabez's prayer
• Prayer Maze - Color the stars to piece together the prayer of Jabez

Read a Story

Prayer of Jabez (Keep Me From Evil)
I Chronicles 4:10 "…keep me from evil that it may not grieve me."

• Shep and Lily Prayer of Jabez (younger children)
• Discussion Questions

Paul and the Storm - Prayer of Jabez (Enlarge Our Borders)
Read Acts 27

• Paul Sails for Rome (younger children)
• The Story of a Shipwreck (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Tent of Meeting - Prayer of Jabez (Stay Close to Me)
Read Exodus 26 and 27

• The Tent Where God Lived Among His People (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Abraham's Prayer - Prayer of Jabez (Please Bless Me God)
Read Genesis 15, 18, and 21

• Abraham's Prayer (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Prayer of Jabez - (Stay Close to Me)
Read I Chronicles 4:10

• Shep and Lily Prayer of Jabez (younger children)
• Discussion Questions

Prayer of Jabez (Please Bless Me God)
Read I Chronicles 4:10

• Shep and Lily Prayer of Jabez (younger children)
• Discussion Questions

Prayer of Jabez - Prayer of Jabez (Enlarge Our Borders)
Read I Chronicles 4:10 "…enlarge my coast."

• Shep and Lily Prayer of Jabez (younger children)
• Discussion Questions

Elijah - Prayer of Jabez (Please Bless Me God)
Read I Kings 17

• God Sends Food Every Day (younger children)
• Elijah the Prophet (older children/teens)
• Why Birds Fed a Prophet by a Brook Near Jordan (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Samuel - Prayer of Jabez (Stay Close to Me)
Read I Samuel 3

• Samuel Listens (younger children)
• The Little Boy with a Linen Coat (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

The Woman at the Well - Prayer of Jabez (Enlarge Our Borders)
Read John 4:5-42

• The Tired Stranger Who Rested by a Well (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Joshua and Jericho - Prayer of Jabez (Stay Close to Me)
Read Joshua 6:1-21

• How the River Jordan Became Dry, and the Walls of Jericho Fell Down (older children/teens)
• The Walls Fall Down (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Gideon - Prayer of Jabez (Stay Close to Me)
Read Judges 6-8:28

• Trumpets and Torches (younger children)
• How a Brave Man Tore Down an Altar of Baal (older children/teens)
• How the Midianites Were Surprised at Midnight (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Phoenician Woman - Prayer of Jabez (Please Bless Me God)
Read Matt 15:21-29 or Mark 7:24-30

• How Jesus Answered a Mother's Prayer (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Sermon on the Mount - Prayer of Jabez (Please Bless Me God)
Read Matt 5-7

• The Sermon on the Mountain-Side (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Four Disciples - Prayer of Jabez (Enlarge Our Borders)
Read Matthew 4:18-22

• Jesus Calls the Disciples (younger children)
• Four Fishermen Who Left Their Nets to Follow Jesus (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Healing of the Paralytic - Prayer of Jabez (Enlarge Our Borders)
Read Matthew 9:2-8 or Mark 2:1-12

• A Man Who Could Not Walk (younger children)
• Why Four Men Tore Up the Roof of a Crowded House (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Nehemiah - Prayer of Jabez (Please Bless Me God)
Read Nehemiah

• Nehemiah Builds the Wall (younger children)
• How the Walls of Jerusalem were Rebuilt (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Listen to a Story

• The Prayer of Jabez - (told by five-year-old Katie)