I'm not a complete stranger to the Bible (although you couldn't tell, sometimes) but I had never heard of the Prayer of Jabez until the popular book came out.
It was recommended by some Amway/Quixtar friends from a previous life.
I ordered the book from B&N and it came on a Saturday afternoon but didn't read it until that night.
I was knocked over.
The next day we had already planned on visiting a new church. Well, I was fired up about the book and when I saw a friend there, I asked him if he had ever heard of it.
His reply was "that is the basis of what we do here" or something like that.
I attend that church still, 6 years later.
Who says God doesn't guide us?