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Summary: please, not another one!
Review: Children's books are foundational; they should be worth reading rather than following money-making fads. So it's particularly frustrating to see a best-selling book turned into multiple editions that include children's books, without special care made to see that the children's editions are well-written and true to Scripture. Scripture does not tell us to pray this prayer daily. Nor does Scripture tell us Jabez prayed this prayer everyday! (This book tells us he did.) The suggestion that he was a godly child praying for God's blessing from childhood is so far beyond what Scripture tells us that this book should not be given to kids unless adults explain it's a made-up story. Scripture just doesn't say that much about Jabez. It's so much more important to have children memorizing passages Scripture does emphasize (the Lord's prayer, for example) and learning about biblical people the Bible treats as important parts of its story (the patriarchs, the kings, the judges, the apostles, etc.--and especially Jesus Christ). If you find the prayer of Jabez life-changing, fine. Tell your kids about it as PART of your teaching them about Scripture and about prayer. But please don't let it get out of balance, and don't make this book the way your kids learn about it, as it IS out of balance.
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