The Prayer of Jabez and my son...
One day, my son blessed me with a CD by Donald Lawrence which has the song, "Enlarge My Territory - The Prayer of Jabez."
This prayer has always been a favorite of his and God gave us a miracle with it one day that we will never forget.
On Saturday, April 6, 2002 our church was in an all day prayer and fasting. The church was open all day for members to come in and pray before the Altar and then in corporate prayer at the top of each hour.
My cousin and I were there for the afternoon and closing session. Throughout the prayer service, Pastor had worship music playing softly in the background. One of the songs was "
The Prayer of Jabez" by Donald Lawrence. The atmosphere of the annointing in church was very, very high that day.
At
3:00 p.m. we began to read prayer requests from everyone. Three of the requests were for sons and nephews to be released from jail.
After the requests were read, it was about
3:25 p.m. and we all gathered together, held hands and began to pray. In the background the "Prayer of Jabez" was playing and the Holy Spirit just took over. We could not come out of worshipping God. The presence of God was so full and the song "Prayer of Jabez", kept playing over and over. It was powerful.
For some reason, I remembered that we had started prayer at 3:25 p.m.
Later that night, my son called me at home. Earlier that same morning, he had been stopped by the police. He was driving an old car of his that had very dark windows and the policeman actually arrested him for suspicsion of contraband.
My son was innocent. He lives a good and Godly life. But they took him in. My son shared that they cuffed him to some kind of 'pole' at the police station and left him there all morning and afternoon and no one would even speak to him or answer his questions. My son shared that he wasn't even allowed to go to the restroom.
After being there so long, my son said that he finally broke down in tears and in prayer. He said that as he prayed a song came into his heart and he began to sing it.
It was about
3:30 p.m. and the only song out of all of the worship songs he knew the only one that came into his heart was,
"Enlarge My Territory" - "The Prayer of Jabez" by Donald Lawrence.
At
3:35 p.m. the police station finally released my son; no charges for he was truly innocent. At the very same time that I was in church in prayer and worship...!!!
Can you imagine? The Holy Spirit had my son in tune to the very same prayer and worship and worship song, at the very same time that I was while in church with the other members.
We were all on one accord. Same song, same prayer, same time...
My son had no idea of my activities for that day, neither did I know of his. But God in His awesome wonder and love, still brought us together and at a time of need.
I cry everytime I think of this. You see, God has always kept me in tune with my loved ones. God speaks to each of us and He never fails to pull us through, no matter what is happening in our lives. God tunes us in...one heart, one mind, one love...no matter how big the territory.
Good bless you Tiffcurl, for your obedience to the Holy Spirit to bring up this very, very special prayer. It's a wonderful and needed thread.
Who couldn't help but love you, sweet angel...? No one could help loving you, for you are truly beloved of God. My prayers are for your miracles...over flowing in God's richness and mercy. Amen.
