Jabez A Novel

Jabez was a real person. A man of faith. A man of prayer. A man whose name meant "pain." But 1 Chronicles 4:9 tells us he was "more honorable than his brothers." And therein lies the tale.His prayer for God's blessing is changing the lives of millions of people thousands of years after he prayed it. Now meet Jabez the man -- and experience...-- his love for a mother whose bitter tears he could never forget-- his longing for relief from the pain that marked his past and present -- and that seemed destined to engulf his future-- his life of struggle with a broken family among a dispirited people who had forgotten their God-- his struggle to find faith, then his courage in clinging to it-- his journey toward God's surprising answers to his bold prayer for blessing and expanding borders.Now one of today's most accomplished writers of biblical fiction answers the questions millions of people of faith have been asking: Who was Jabez? Why did he pray this prayer of blessing?And what happened next?Lemmons, Thom is the author of 'Jabez A Novel' with ISBN 9781587241826 and ISBN 158724182X.