Oh that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory...

Some of you maybe familiar with this saying. It is actually a prayer and to be more specific, it is the Jabez prayer. Here how it goes..
"Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" 1Chron 4:10.
Wow what a prayer eh? Who in the right mind has the nerve to say to God to bless me?? better yet, enlarge my territory!!! What nerve! right? Wrong!
At first, this was my attitude.... I shouldn't ask God to bless me cause I am soo bad, I also thought that territory ment to be shared with others.. After reading the book called The Prayer of Jabez, I realized that God wants us to pray as Jabez did! Wow...bless me and enlarge my territory. I have come to realize that asking God for blessings is a great thing to do. Because God has many blessings stored up to be sent to us everytime we ask Him. God also wants us to enlarge our territories because when we do it, God's name is shared with more pple, in turn giving God more praise. Therefore pleasing Him. wow eh? So I ask you to pray that prayer and I guarantee you will be blessed beyond anything...
May God bless your soxs off!!!