Identity Beyond Pain

Pastor Daniel Goulding · Jan 19, 2026

Drawing from the brief but powerful prayer of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, this sermon teaches that pain does not have to define our identity, and that God responds to bold, passionate, rightly-ordered prayer. Jabez modeled four essential requests every believer should bring to God: blessing, expanded territory, God's abiding presence, and protection from harm. When we align our lives with God's order and bring these requests before Him with passion and faith, we position ourselves for God to grant them—just as He did for Jabez.