Help with praying

Hi Tooticki,

First off, I agree with Angelina 100%. I don't want to sound too simplistic but you'll see where I'm going with this. The books of Chronicles are, for all intents and purposes a history .....a very LONG history. There's a lot of "begats" in those books. But as you read First Chronicles, you may miss the following. You're reading a whole bunch of history citing names you can barely pronounce. Then right in the middle comes this verse: 1st Chronicles 4:10 -- "And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, '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!; So God granted him what he requested." The name, Jabez, means pain "Thee's and thou's" were for the Rabbis, the Pharisees, and Saducees but for us, it's just plain talk. Just like Angelina said. I usually add some thanks to Abba for having the patience with me, loving me unconditionally, and bestowing things upon me that I never would have imagined. There's a huge testimony from me in that last sentence. I died....twice...on March 14, 2015. Before they could get the paddles, God revived me. You better believe I thanked him PROFUSELY in my prayers. Look at the prayer of Jabez. Would you ask for things like that? Those were HUGE requests. I have this visual showing God nodding his head, smiling, and saying "OK. you got it."