The prayer of Jabez reveals we do not have to be limited by our labels.  And neither do we need be afraid to bring our requests before God.  As John Olley commented, prayer in its truest sense is the “unscripted spontaneous cry of the child of God before the heavenly father.”

1 Chronicles 4:9-10

1 Chron 2:55; 1 Peter 1:4; Hebrews 12:28; James 4:2;  Deuteronomy 12:20; Exodus 34:24; Jeremiah 33:3; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 5:17; Matthew 7:7-11