S2E220-1 Chronicles 1-4: The Prayer of Jabez and the Power of Asking

Transcript Today's Bible Translation Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 1 CEB, Ch 2-4 GW Podcast Introduction Today is History Tuesday, and we’ll begin the book of 1 Chronicles with chapters 1-4. I’m calling this episode “The Prayer of Jabez and the Power of Asking.” Design: Jason Paschall | Photo: midjourney Episode Summary The first chapter of 1 Chronicles starts with Adam and goes through the generations to Noah, where all the different nations and races originated from. The Old Testament mainly focuses on Abraham's line, the Jewish people, who were chosen by God to teach them how to worship Him and show other nations what true worship is. As the genealogies continue in the coming chapters, there will be a lot of history, from Judah to David and his son Solomon, through all the kings up until Jerusalem was destroyed. Chapter two has some important men and women listed, including Judah, Israel, Boaz, Jesse, and David. While some are remembered as the first to settle certain towns and regions, two are remembered throughout time for their sins. Jabez is introduced in chapter four as a man who was more honorable than his brothers. He asked God to bless him and give him more territory, and God granted his request. This shows that it is okay to ask God for things and that when one asks out of a pure heart, and their request is pleasing to Him, it is a good thing. Listen to the episode for more! Support This a value for value podcast. There are no advertisers because advertising equals censorship. If you enjoy the Lifespring Family Audio Bible, decide how much value it brings to you. Only you can make that determination. Then put a number on the value and donate here: SUPPORT. The Team Lifespring Family Berean, Sister Denise: Transcript CorrectionMichael Haner: Podcasting: 2.0 ChaptersScott Snider: Show ArtJason Paschall: Show ArtLifespring Family Berean, Sister Brittaney: Newsletter Publisher Transcript Download .txt file. Transcript corrected by Sister Denise Steve Webb 0:00So how will you be remembered? Steve Webb 0:09Coming to you from Riverside, California, this is the Lifespring! One Year Bible, and podcasting since 2004, I'm your OG Godcaster, Steve Webb. Today is History Tuesday and we'll begin the book of 1 Chronicles with chapters 1 through 4. Before we begin, let's have a word of prayer. Our heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you so much for this time together and we ask you to bless us as we read. I pray this in Jesus' name, amen. Okay, are you ready? Let's begin. Steve Webb 0:401 Chronicles, chapter 1. Adam, Seth, Enosh; Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared; Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech; Noah; Noah’s family: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Japheth’s family: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Gomer’s family: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. Javan’s family: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. Ham’s family: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush’s family: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raamah’s family: Sheba and Dedan. Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first warrior in the land. Egypt was the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, from whom the Philistines came, and Caphtorim. Canaan was the father of Sidon his oldest son, Heth, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Shem’s family: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram’s family: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. Arpachshad was Shelah’s father, and Shelah was Eber’s father. Two sons were born to Eber: one was named Peleg, because in his days the land was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan’s family. Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; Eber, Peleg, Reu; Serug, Nahor, Terah; and Abram, that is, Abraham.

Episode Transcript

Steve Webb (00:00):
So how will you be remembered?
Coming to you from Riverside,California, this is the
Lifespring! One Year Bible inpodcasting since 2004. I'm your
OG Godcaster. Steve Webb. Todayis history Tuesday And we'll

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begin the book at FirstChronicles with chapters one
through four. Before we begin,let's have a word of prayer. Our
heavenly Father, Lord, we thankyou so much for this time
together And we ask you to blessus as we read. I pray this in
Jesus name, amen. Okay, are youready? Let's begin.

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First Chronicles chapter one,Adam Seth Enosh, Kenan
Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch,Methuselah, Leigh mech, Noah,
Noah's family Shem, Ham And jeFF F. J fifth family, Gomer, may
Gog, may die jayven, Tubal,Meshech And thairis Gomers

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family, Ashkan as Rifat And twoGarma Jason's family, the Alicia
Tarshish Kim And Rodin him, hamsfamily, Kush, Egypt put in
Canaan. Chris's family Seba haveAllah Sabka, Rama And sab tiga

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RAM his family Sheba And D. DanCush was the father of Nimrod,
the first warrior in the land.Egypt was the father of Ludum
anonym le haibun. NAFTA him pathgruesome Kassala him from whom
the Philistines came, AndCatherine Canaan was the father
of seitan his oldest son, haththe Jebusites the Amorites, the

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girgis shites, the Hivites theArk heights, the sign heights,
the ARVA dites the zemer rightsAnd the hammer fights Shems
family, Elam Ashur, our packshed Lud And Aram harems family,
US Hall Gaither at me check. OurPack shad was Sheila's father

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And Sheila was the birth father.Two sons were born to Eber One
was named Peleg because in hisdays the land was divided. And
his brother's name was Jacquetan. Jacque tan was the father
of our Mo dad. She left hazermay veth, JIRA doram usal decla
evil abem al Sheba ofor hablaAnd Joe Bab all these were

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Jacque tans family Shem our packshad, Sheila Eber Peleg Ryu
Serug ne hor, Tara, And Abramthat is Abraham, Abraham's
family, Isaac And Ishmael. Thesewere their descendants. Ishmael
is oldest son was in the bay offthen Keator abdiel MyB Sam misma

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Duma, Massa. Hey dad, tema,GTRE, nefesh And ketema. This
was Ishmael is family. Abraham'ssecondary wife Couture's family.
She gave birth to Zim ran,Jacque Shan, me dan Midian is
back And shuaa Jacque Schanzfamily Sheba And D Dan Midians

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family ephah ephah Hey knock, abida And El Dia. These were
members of criterias family.Abraham was Isaac's father.
Isaac's family. He saw Israel.He saw his family LFS rule
geohash JALEN And Cora LFS hisfamily Tieman Omar, z phi gay

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Tim. Keen as Tim Timnah Andemelec rules family may have
Zerah Shammah And miza Searsfamily mo 10 Schauble Zyban,
Aina di Shan, easer And di Shanlow 10s family horror I And home

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ma'am. Low 10s sister was Timnahshow balls family Allien mana
half evil she fi And Onamxebialabs family Aya And aina
ain his family die Shawn, dieSean's family hamrun Ash ban is
ran And Kieran Caesar's familyBill Han ze oven And Jaya can

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die Schanz family, US And Ayranthese were the kings who ruled
in the land of Edom before anyking ruled over the Israelites.
Billa be your son who said hewas called den hubba when Biela
died, Joe Bab Zira son fromBasra succeeded him When Joe Bab
died huge from from the land ofthe team And it succeeded him.

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When Hashem died hey dad be deadson, who defeated Midian in the
mobile by countryside succeededhim. His city was called a vith.
When he dad died Samla fromMazda succeeded him when Samla
died shawl from Rehoboth on theriver succeeded him. When shawl

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died, Ben Hanan Akbar sonsucceeded him. When Baal Hanan
died, he dead succeeded him. Hiscity was called PI. His wife's
name was my head Abell matronsdaughter in MISA Habs
granddaughter. When he dad dieditams tribal chiefs were Chief

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Timnah chief Alia chief G.thefe. Chief or holy Bama chief
ILA Chief pyin Chief keen aschief Tieman chief MIB czar,
Chief Magneto And chief IRAM.These were itams tribal chiefs.
First Chronicles chapter two.These were Israel sons, Reuben,

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Simeon, Levi, Judah, is a carZombieland, Dan, Joseph,
Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad AndAsher Judas sons were or Onan
And Sheila, these three wereborn to him by Bathsheba a
Canaanite woman. The Lordconsidered her Judah's firstborn

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evil, so the Lord killed her.Tamar, Judah's daughter in law
gave birth to Judas sons P resAnd Zerah. Judah had five sons
And all D res his sons werehesitant And haimo Zero his sons
were Zimride Ethan HeMan cowCole And Dara five And all.

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Karma is son was a car whocaused trouble for Israel by
taking goods that were claimedby God. Ethan's son was as Araya
the sons born to hezron weregeranyl Ram And Kullu by Ram was
the father of a minute DAP. Aminute dad was the father of
nosh on leader of Judas people.Now Shawn was the father of

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Salma, And Salma was the fatherof Boaz. Boaz was the father of
Obed. And Obed was the father ofJesse. Jesse was the father of
Eliab, his firstborn, emittedDAB his second son, Shinya, his
third son, Nathanael, his fourthson, Rabbi, his fifth son owsm,

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his sixth son, And David, hisseventh son. Their sisters were
the ruya And Abigail Zuru hasthree sons were a by Shai Joab.
At SL. Abigail was the mother ofa mesa whose father was Jeter, a
descendant of Ishmael has RINsson was Caleb, Caleb And his

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wife zuba had a son named Jerryoff. Her other sons were Jishu
show Bab And Ardon. After a zubadied, Caleb married F RAF. She
gave birth to her. Her was thefather of your eye, And your eye
was the father of bezel Lau.Afterwards, Ezrin slept with a
daughter of maker the man whofirst settled Gilead. Ezrin had

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married her when he was 60 yearsold. She gave birth to Sega.
Sega was the father of Jeor, whohad 23 towns in Gilead. Gesher
And Aram captured have off chairwith ki Nath And its villages 60
cities And all. All of thesepeople were descendants of maker
the man who first settledGilead, after Hestrin died in

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Caleb Africa husband's wife, aBaijiu gave birth to Asher who
first settled to Cola, Jeronimothe firstborn of hezron fathered
RAM, his firstborn. Then, bunaBoren, owsm And hija duramo had
another wife, her name was atAurora, And she was the mother
of Onam. The sons of ram thefirstborn son of Jeremy L, were

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may as Jamin And Eaker Onam sonswere Shamaya And Jada. Shamai
sons were native app And abiker. The name of a bikers wife
was Abba Hale. She gave birth toAlban And Molad native sons were
at sea lead And Appian but seelead died without children. Abby

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And son was Ishai And Ishai sonwas Shi Shan And she Shantz son
was ally. The sons of JadaShama, his brother, were Jeter
And Jonathan G. Third diedwithout children. Jonathan sons
were pilaf And Ziza. These werethe descendants of Jerome el Shi

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Shan had no sons, but he haddaughters. He had an Egyptian
slaved named Jarrah Shi Shan letJarrah marry one of his
daughters. She gave birth to addI add I was the father of nine
Then Nathan was the father of abad ze bad was the father of F
Lau. F Lau was the father ofObed Obed was the father of Gu

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Ji who was the father ofAzariah. As Araya was the father
of he less he less was thefather of Elissa. Lea Asa was
the father of sis my sis my wasthe father of Shallum. Shallum
was the father of Jeremiah.Jeremiah was the father of
Elishama. The descendants ofCaleb Jeremy's brother were his

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firstborn son Misha who firstsettled Ziff, And the sons of
Maria who first settled Hebron,Hebron sons were Cora Tapiwa,
recomb And Shima. Shima was thefather of rayon, who first
settled jerky him recomb was thefather of Shamai sham eyes son
was a man who first settled Bethzur ephah Caleb's concubine was

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the mother of Heron Moza Andgazes Heron was the father of
gays is John eyes sons wereregum Joe thumb gation Pilet
ephah And che AF may occurCaleb's concubine was the mother
of Schieber And her Hanaa. Also,she was the mother of che AFF
who first settled mad mana Andof Shiva who first settled to

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Mack Bina And Gebbia Caleb'sdaughter was AXA. These people
were the descendants of Caleb.The sons of her the firstborn
son of F RAF were show ball whofirst settled carry f g or M.
Salma, who first settledBethlehem And Harris, who first
settled Beth Gator show ball whofirst settled carry F j. RIM had

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these descendants heroic half ofthe man who fights the families
of carry F jrM, the birthright,the Pew fights, the Schumer
fights And the Mishri heights.From these people came the Zora
heights And s tailights. Thedescendants of Salma, who first
settled Bethlehem were theNephites, Ashraf, who first

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settled Beth Joab, half of theMannahatta heights, the Tsar
heights And the families ofscribes who lived at Jay bez.
These families were the peopleof Tyra Shinya And suka. These
people are the Kenites, who camefrom Mammoth. They first settled
Beth recap,
First Chronicles chapter three.These were David's sons who were

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born to him while he was inHebron. His first son was Amnon
born to a him from Israel. Thesecond was Daniel born to
Abigail from Carmel. The thirdwas Absalom born to Mecca, the
daughter of King Tomei fromGesher. The fourth was at or
Nyjah, whose mother was haggis.The fifth was shefa. Taya born

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to Abidal. The sixth wasEtherium born to David's wife,
Agla. six sons were born to himAnd Hebron where he ruled for
seven years And six months. Heruled for 33 years in Jerusalem.
These children were born toDavid in Jerusalem Shamia show
Bab Nathan And Solomon themother of these four was Samuels

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daughter Bathsheba, And iPARAlicia Iliff, alette, Noga, me
FG, Jeremiah, Alicia, Emma Elia,And Alyssa led nine by other
wives. All of these were David'ssons. Besides these, they were
the sons of the concubines.Tamar was their sister.

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Solomon's son was RehoboamRehoboam son was a by Joe Biden.
His son was ASA aces son wasJehoshaphat Jehoshaphat son was
Joram Joram son was a Uzziah aUzziah. His son was Joash Joash

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his son was Amaziah Amaziah hisson was as Araya as arise son
was Jonathan. Jonathan's son wasa has a has his son was Hezekiah
Hezekiah his son was ManassehManasseh his son was Amman,
Emmons son was Josiah. Josiah.his firstborn son was Joe

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Hainan. The second was Jehovahcomm. The third was Zedekiah And
the fourth was Shallum. Jehovahcrimson was Jack And Nya, whose
son was Zedekiah the descendantsof the prisoner Jack And I were
his son she LTL then Mel Kirampadega Shin Azur jakka Maya

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Horsham up And net Tobiah.Today's sons were Zerubbabel And
shimmy AI. Zahra bubbles sonswere Miss Shulam And Hannah Nyah
And shalom with was theirsister. There were also five
other sons has shuba Oh hell,Vera kya has a Daya And Zhu Shab
he said, And an eye his sonswere Pelotonia in just Shaya to

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shake his son was rough. May Irefer his son was Arnon RNNs son
was Obadiah Obadiah his son wascheck Anya. Check an eyes son
was Shemaiah Shimei is six sonswere Haddish I gal Berea, NIA
Raya, And che fat. The arraezThree sons were Elio ei his Kaya

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And Astra comme le yo Inez sevensons were Hoda via Eliashib
pollinia Aqib Joe Hainan deleaAnd an AI
First Chronicles chapter four.Judas descendants were P res
Ezrin. Carmine her And show baRIA son of show ball was the

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father of J half. J hath was thefather of a humanoid inlay had.
These were the families of theZora knights. These were the
first settlers And eat him jazzreal Isma And in bash, their
sister's name was has allowedpoan I Penuel was the father of
Gi Dora And easer was the fatherof fuchsia. These were the sons

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of her the firstborn of Africawho first settled Bethlehem.
Asher who first settled to colahad two wives. He Allah And
Naira narrow gave birth to aHussam he for Gemini And hay a
hashed array. These were nearhis son's heal his sons were

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Xerath zohore And Ethan causewas the father of Ayub And Zoeva
And he was the ancestor of thefamilies of a harthill son of
harem. Jay bez was morehonorable than his brothers. His
mother had named him Jay bezpainful, because she said that
His birth was painful. Jay bezprayed to the God of Israel.

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Please bless me And give me moreterritory. May your power be
with me And free me from evil sothat I will not be in pain. God
gave him what he prayed for.Caleb shoe his brother was the
father of me her who was thefather of Ashton Ashton was the
first just settled Beth refa. Hewas the father of Persia And to

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henna who first settled the cityof NE hash. These were the men
from Rika keen as his sons wereoff NehoSoul And Surya, the sons
of Othniel were Hey thath AndMiana thigh Miyano thigh was the
father of opera. Surya was thefather of Joab, who first
settled the city of craftsman.It was named this because they

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were craftsmen, the sons ofCaleb son of Jephunneh. Were I
ru, Isla And Nam ILAs son waskeen as to Hollowell sons were
Ziff zifa Tyria. And as well ashis sons were Jaipur, me read
ephah And Jalen, his wife gavebirth to Miriam Shama And ich

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BA, who first settled ash Samoa,his Judean wife was the mother
of G red who first settledGweedore Hieber who first
settled SOCO And GQ Theo whofirst settled Zenoah the sons of
HO Dias wife, the sister ofmayhem first settled ki Isla of
the gar mites And ash tomo ofthe macrophytes. Shamans sons

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were Amnon Rinna, Ben Hanan Andteilen is scheisse sons were
Zoho math And benzo hath. Thedescendants of Sheila son of
Judah were who first settledLika Laietana who first settled
Maria families of The Guild oflinen workers at Beth ash BIA

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Jochem Joash saref And the menof ko Zeba. Sara ruled Moab And
just shoe by Liam according toancient records. They were the
potters who lived in the TAM Andghedira. They lived there with a
king And did his work. simianssons were at an annual Jamin
Jared Zira And Shaw shawls sonwas Shallum challenge son was

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MIB Sam MyB Sam's son wasMishima Mishmar. His son was
Haneul Haneul son was Zacher.Zachary's son was shimmy. Shimmy
I had 16 sons And six daughters.But his brothers didn't have
many children, so their entirefamily didn't become as large as

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the people of Judah. simiansdescendants lived in Beersheba
Melinda hazer, shul Bill ha ism,toll add Beth you'll hormone
Ziklag Beth Markab off hazersuschem Beth beer I And che
Ihram these were their citiesuntil David became king. Their

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five cities were ITAM ionRehmann, token And Asian. They
also had all the villages aroundthe cities as far as the city of
Baal. These places were wherethey lived in they had their own
genealogical records. The showBab jam lick Joe OSHA son of
Amaziah Joel G you son of Joshuabya, grandson of Surya And great

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grandson of Asiel Elio Eni, JayaKoba. Jeshua Hanaa Hosea at
he'll just simul Binya And Zazason of Shai phi grandson of
Alwan great grandson of Judea, adescendant of Shem right And
Shamaya these who are mentionedby name were leaders in their
families And the number ofpeople in their households

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increased. They moved to theoutskirts of ghee door on the
east side of the valley to findpasture for their flocks. They
found pasture that was rich Andgood. The land was vast,
peaceful And quiet because thehammer heights used to live
there. In the days of KingHezekiah of Judah, the men
listed here knocked down tentsAnd killed the main unites, they

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claimed them a unites for GodAnd destroyed them. Even today,
Noma unites live there. Theylived in that place in place of
the Unites in order to havepasture for their flocks. Ishai
sons Pella, Taya Nia Raya,raffia And used to lead 500, of
simians, male descendants toMount Seir. They killed the

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Amalekites who were left simiansdescendants still live there
today.
I've got comments today on thefirst, second And fourth
chapters. Chapter one beginsappropriately with Adam. All of
humanity, all of our historybegins with him. Adam is the
father of all flesh. In chapterone, we're taken from Adam all

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the way through the generationsto Noah, from Noah came all the
different nations And races, Andone of Noah's sons was Shem. And
from Shams line came Abraham,Abraham became the father of the
faithful by blood, the Jewishpeople, by adoption, believers
in the Lord Jesus Christ. It'simportant to note that the Old

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Testament is primarily focusedon Abraham's line, the Jewish
people, God's chosen people.More about that in a moment.
Some of the names listed in thischapter don't play a part in the
history of this line And arelisted only as a matter of
record. Now, a word about God'schosen people. For what purpose
did God choose Israel, he chosethem so that he could teach them

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how to truly worship Him, Andthen show all the nations what
true worship was And how to livelives that are pleasing to Him.
So it makes sense that the OldTestament would focus its
attention on the history ofAbraham's line, doesn't it?
well, as we continue through thegenealogies in the coming
chapters will read more from theAbrahamic line from his son,

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Judah to his grandson Israel allthe way to David And his son
Solomon through all the kings upuntil Jerusalem was destroyed.
There's a lot of history there,And I'll try to make it as
interesting as I can. Now onchapter two, there were some
very interesting And importantmen And women listed in this
chapter Judah, Israel, Boaz,Jesse David, just to name a few.

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Some are remembered as the firstto settle certain towns And
regions, but there are two thatare going to be remembered
throughout time for their sins.We read that quote, The Lord
considered her Judah's firstbornevil, so the Lord killed her.
Unquote. And quote, car my sonwas a car who'd cause trouble

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for Israel by taking goods thatwere claimed by God, unquote.
well, do you suppose that thesemen were 100%? Evil? We don't
know. All we know from thischapter is that they had evil
nature's How do you suppose thatwhen God someday opens the book
on your life, he'll summarizeyou. For what will you be

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remembered? In a sermon? Mypastor once mentioned a church
member who had passed awayseveral years earlier. And to
sum him up, the pastor said,Lewis was a sweet man, he always
had time for you. When you talkto him, he would look you in the
eyes And smile. So how will yoube remembered? In chapter four,

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verses nine And 10, we readabout a fellow named Jay bez,
here's what it said about Jaybez Jay bez was more honorable
than his brothers. His motherhad named him Jay bez, which
means painful, because she saidthat His birth was painful. Jay
bez prayed to the God of Israel,please bless me And give me more

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territory. May your power bewith me And free me from evil so
that I will not be in pain. Andthen the verse ends with God
gave him what he prayed for. Allwe know about Jay bez is
contained in these two verses.But the fact that this prayer of
his is recorded here in FirstChronicles tells me something.

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It tells me that it's okay toask God for things. All right.
well, I don't know about you,but I was brought up to put
other people before me. Ilearned very early on that the
world does not revolve around meAnd that it is It's wrong to be
selfish or self centered. Notthat I'm never self centered, I
can be as selfish as the nextguy. But I do know that it's

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wrong to be selfish. So for muchof my life, it was hard for me
to ask God to bless me to giveme things. I'm just Happy that
he's forgiven my sins. If that'sall God ever did for me, that
would have been enough. I don'tneed to be rich or live in a big
fancy house. I mean, after all,Jesus didn't even have a place
to lay his head. Who am I to askfor more than he had? well, that

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was my approach to prayer formost of my life. And it is the
primary way I pray now, I'llpray for you that God will bless
you. But I never really feltright about praying that kind of
prayer for myself. And thenseveral years ago, a little book
called The Prayer of Jabez waspublished, it's less than 100
pages. The author's name isBruce Wilkinson. The book became

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a best seller. And I read itbecause it came highly
recommended by a friend of mine.And it really made me consider
whether my attitude regardingasking God to bless me was
right. Now, don't get me wrong,I don't think God wants us to
ask him to make us win thelottery or ask him to put us on
the list of the top threerichest people in the world. But

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that wasn't Jay bez his prayereither. So you can read the book
for yourself. I'm not going todiscuss all the points because
we don't have time here. Butjust know that when you ask God
to give you more, And you askthat have a pure heart, like Jay
bez did, And you request ispleasing to God. That's a good
thing. well, I began to praythat prayer after reading the

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book, one of the results of thatprayer is that when I asked him
to enlarge my territory, God didit. How? well the book was
published in about the year2000. I probably read it in
about the year 2002. And in2004, I heard about this crazy
thing called podcasting. And allof a sudden, this guy here who

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was in love with God, recordingfrom his church in Riverside,
California, was talking to theworld. Podcasting is old hat
now, but back then we were stillfiguring it all out. This was a
big deal. Never before was itrelatively easy And affordable
to speak to the world. And guesswhat? After my very first

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episode, I got an email from aguy in Sweden, asking me how he
could know that God was real.Long story short, he became a
follower of Jesus. And therehave been many, many other
emails from people all over theworld since then, I asked God to
enlarge my territory, not forme, but for His glory. And he
did it. Am I blessed? Yes, ofcourse, but in a much different

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way than I could have everimagined. Certainly, finances
are still sometimes a challenge.But the fact that God would use
a guy like me to carry hismessage to nearly every nation
on the planet, is a concept Iwould have never in my wildest
dreams imagined. I wouldencourage you to look closely at
Jay bez, his prayer here inFirst Chronicles And see if it's

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something you would pray. And bythe way, speaking of it would
have been enough, there's aHebrew word for that. Dayenu one
of the artists that I've metthrough podcasting is named
Michelle gold. Michelle is aJewish singer songwriter who
became a follower of Yeshua.That's the Hebrew name for
Jesus, when she was a teenager,And she And her husband Joe

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become friends of mine, And oneof her songs is called Dayenu.
It would have been enough. I'llplay it for you at the end of
today's show. It has a veryHebrew sound And feel And the
lyrics really express how goodGod has been. It always will be.
I'd love to hear your thoughts.Call the Lifespring family

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Essentials series And we'll havea time of praise reports And
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well, Thanks for your comment,Joel And thank you for sharing
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you.
Beloved, in our reading today,you heard some of those unusual
names that often give peopletrouble when they read them
especially out loud. What do youdo when you come across them?
Some people just sort of stumblethrough them. Some just skip

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Thanks to Sister Denise MichaelHaner Scott Snider, Jason
Paschall who did today's showart And sister Brittaney. Also
remember tomorrow we'll have atime of prayer. So if you have a
prayer request or a praisereport, call it in right away at
951732 at 511 or go toprayer.lifespringmedia.com dot
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Thanks for sticking me in yourears today. Until tomorrow. May
God bless you richly. My name isSteve Webb. Bye.

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