"Wouldn't it be interesting if Spurgeon told us what he thought of the "prayer of Jabez"? Well, indeed he did. In the year 1871, standing before his congregation at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, Spurgeon took as his text 1 Chronicles 4:10: "Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, 'Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!' And God granted him what he requested." (NASB)" http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/augustweb-only/8-19-53.0.html