When to Pray

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 7:11–16 NIV84

11 When Solomon had finished the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace, 12 the Lord appeared to him at night and said: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices. 13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. 16 I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

1. God always hears to our prayers

2. God always answers our prayers

3. God allows calamity to draw us to Himself

4. Prayer reveals our humility

Humility is being subject to someone else

Humility pleases God

God takes care of the humble

God humbles His children to renew them

God humbles His children to restore them

5. Prayer should include repentance

Repentance involves a change of mind

Repentance leads to a change of action

Repentance opens the way for blessing

Repentance brings forgiveness

Repentance brings restoration

God demands our conversion

6. We should pray without ceasing

We must keep our communication open with God

We need to speak with God all of the time

God desire to commune with us

Prayer is not reserved for times of sorrow

Prayer is our way of communicating with God

The more we communicate with God, the more involved God is with us