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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Jan 22 2012

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This review is from: The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life (Hardcover)

This book is so good it should be in every house of believer,I first got this book as a birthday gift from a friend.I like it so much that I want all my friend to have it.That is why I bought this book to give.It help everybody to be close to God.

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1.0 out of 5 stars speechless, July 21 2003

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I'm not one to follow trends but with all the hype, I had to see for myself what was so great about this little book. I couldn't believe this author wrote what he did. Is he truly a Christian? He turned a simple prayer into a list of selfish requests for wealth and other material things. Yes, God will bless us, we just have to ask but it is according to His will, not ours. Not only that, but blessings may not come in the form of material things but in spiritual things. And the Bible clearly says to leave this world behind and want only the treasures of Heaven. Wealth, land, popularity, all those things will mean nothing in the end and to write a book about praying for such things, goes against everything I know as a Christian. God will provide for our needs. I'm afraid this book will mislead many people and cause them to lose faith when their prayers aren't "answered".

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1.0 out of 5 stars absolute Junk, Jun 15 2003

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as a student of the Bible I must say this book is based on superficial Biblical interpretation.The exegesis of the verse in question which this book is based on leaves much to be desired.Mr.wilkinson has put out some good books in the past but this ranks as the on the most heretical to come out in recent years.To say that they have discovered a secret prayer found hidden in the Bible after centuries of the greatest scholars and minds of christendom who incidently found no such thing is tantamount to heresy in my opinion.As followers of Jesus we must read Gods word and search it just as the Bereans did to check to see if it of the truth.It says in 2 timothy 4:3&4 especially verse 4 "and they shall turn away their ears from the truth,and shall be turned unto fables." Please read Your Holy Bibles seek diligently after the truth and may God Bless you and keep your paths straight.

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