Prayer of Restoration

Midnight Prayer

Can God hear our Prayer?

Prayer of restoration

To Be Restored as To Have Strong Relationship — To have a strong relationship is conceptualized as being restored.

restoration

The returning of something or someone to their original state. Through the redeeming work of Jesus Christ, both humanity and creation will eventually be restored.

Restoration of human beings through the ministry of Jesus Christ

Restoration of health ; ;

Restoration of life ;

Restoration of sight ;

Restoration of hearing

Manser, M. H. (2009). Dictionary of Bible Themes: The Accessible and Comprehensive Tool for Topical Studies. London: Martin Manser.

How can we pray?

humble ourselves

2. Prayer

3. seek his face

Temple Dedication (7:1–22). The Lord answered Solomon’s prayer by fire from heaven (see Elijah, ). The Lord’s glory filled the place so as to prohibit the priests from entering. The dedicatory service lasted seven days, followed by the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles. The dedication included sacrifice and Levitical music. Worship gladdened the hearts of the people.

4. Conversion ( turn away)

The Lord appeared to Solomon a second time as He had at Gibeon. The Lord’s message encouraged the people by expressing God’s readiness to hear their prayers of repentance. The Lord exhorted Solomon to walk in the ways of his father David (see ). This message was a reminder in the author’s time that the Lord continued to hear Judah’s prayers offered in the temple.

II. He promised to answer the prayers of his people that should at any time be made in that place, v. 13–15. National judgments are here supposed (v. 13), famine, and pestilence, and perhaps war, for by the locusts devouring the land meant enemies as greedy as locusts, and laying all waste. 2. National repentance, prayer, and reformation, are required, v. 14. God expects that his people who are called by his name, if they have dishonoured his name by their iniquity, should honour it by accepting the punishment of their iniquity. They must be humble themselves under his hand, must pray for the removal of the judgment, must seek the face and favour of God; and yet all this will not do unless they turn from their wicked ways, and return to the God from whom they have revolted. 3. National mercy is then promised, that God will forgive their sin, which brought the judgment upon them, and then heal their land, redress all their grievances. Pardoning mercy makes ways for healing mercy, ; .