The Prayer We Think We Shouldn't Pray

Fresh Life Church

Pastor Levi Lusko

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Ever hesitate to ask God for more? Pastor Jennie Lusko unpacks the prayer we’re afraid to pray—“enlarge my territory”—and shows why it’s not selfish to ask God for more, it’s stepping into purpose.

Discover the difference between godly ambition and greed, how contentment and growth can coexist, and why God wants to expand your influence for His Kingdom. This message will challenge you to pray bigger, live bolder, and let God stretch your life beyond what you thought possible.

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0:00.0	Well, would you open your Bibles to First Chronicles, Chapter 4?
0:16.1	We've been in this series, this is our second, part two of our series, The Best of Both worlds.
0:23.4	And I love that we are focusing in on this little nugget of a prayer in First Chronicles
0:32.3	in the midst of all of these names of genealogies and lineages, and we just get this little beautiful nugget of
0:44.4	this man, J. Bez that we don't hear from him or about him anywhere else in Scripture,
0:48.8	but we get a little sneak peek into his prayer life, which is what we all need, just to be encouraged in our prayer
0:59.7	life. And so let's read, First Chronicles chapter 4, verse 9. Now, J. Biz was more honorable
1:10.3	than his brothers.
1:12.6	Everyone say more.
1:14.6	And his mother called his name Jabez, saying,
1:18.6	Because I bore him in pain.
1:22.6	And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying,
1:26.6	Oh, that you would bless me indeed and enlarge my
1:31.5	territory, that your hand would be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that I may not cause
1:38.9	pain. So, God granted him what he requested.
1:47.1	And Father, we thank you for your word.
1:50.2	We thank you that it is living and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword, and it's able to
1:57.5	dive deep into our lives.
2:00.1	It's able to point us to you, our Savior. It's able to dive deep into our lives. It's able to point us to you, our Savior.
2:04.2	It's able to distinguish and discern the things that you are working in each of our lives,
2:11.7	individually, but also together as a church.
2:15.3	And so, Lord, we just humbly tremble before your word. And we ask that you would
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