If My People
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14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
KING SOLOMON UNDER HIS REIGN HAD BUILT THE TEMPLE AND NOW AT THE TIME OF DEDICATION. KING SOLOMON’S PRAYER WAS RECORDED IN CHAPTER 6. IT IS A PRAYER FOR GOD TO BLESS THE NATION. THEY WERE IN PERILOUS TIMES.
THE NATION WAS DIVIDED, OPPRESSED ON THE INSIDE.
MUCH LIKE OUR NATION IS DIVIDED OVER SEVERAL ISSUES....SUCH AS GUN CONTROL....GAS PRICES
SOLOMON PRAYS THAT GOD WOULD SOMEHOW BRING ABOUT A SPIRITUAL RENEWAL TO THE PEOPLE AND TO THE COUNTRY AND THAT GOD WOULD HEAL THE LAND.
IN CHAPTER 7:12-15, GOD GIVE ANSWER TO THAT PRAYER.
REMEMBER, IT IS A PRAYER ON THE BEHALF OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNTRY THAT GOD WOULD HEAL THE LAND AND BRING ABOUT A SPIRITUAL REVIVAL.
MY PRAYER IS FOR THE SAME.
1. LEADERSHIP OF OUR COUNTRY.
2. LEADERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
3. LEADERS OF OUR HOMES.
4. LEADERS OF OUR CHURCHES.
THE SAME WAY GOD ANSWERED SOLOMON’S PRAYER, HE WILL ANSWER OURS.
LOOK AT HOW THE LORD RESPONDS TO SOLOMO’S PRAYER…
HE SAYS IF ----THAT’S POSSIBILITY
MY PEOPLE ……THAT’S PERSONAL
WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES …………………..THATS PREPARATION
AND PRAY……………….THATS POWER
AND SEEK MY FACE …………………….THAT’S A PRIVILEGE
AND TURN FROM THERE WICKED WAYS ………………THATS PROGRESS
AND THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN ……………THAT’S PROCEDURE
AND FORGIVE THERE SINS ……THAT`S PARDON
AND HEAL THERE LAND …………THATS A BLESSING
IN OTHER WORDS GOD TELLS SOLOMON IF WE SPOT LIGHT HIS NAME
HUMBLE OURSELVES
SEEK HIS FACE PRAY AND FORSAKE OUR WICKED WAYS
THEN WILL WE HEAR FROM HEAVEN
IN OTHER WORDS HE LET`S US KNOW IT HAPPENS AFTER PRAYER....
I. WE MUST HUMBLE OURSELVES....
1. PROVERBS 16:18, PROVERBS 1:7, GOD SAYS THE FIRST STEP OF ME HEALING IS OUR HUMILITY.
18 Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
THE HEBREW WORD FOR HUMBLE MEANS TO BEND THE KNEE, TO BE SUBDUED, TO BE CONQUERED.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.
IT IS COMING IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, RECOGNIZING HE IS GOD, HE IS CREATOR.
REALIZE I HAD BEEN RUNNING MY OWN LIFE, LIVING WITHOUT ANY REGARD AS TO WHAT GOD WOULD WANT ME TO DO OR BE.
MY WILL BENDS TO HIS WILL. HAVE YOU EVER DONE THAT? ROMANS 14:7-11
MATTHEW 5:3
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
WE MUST HUMBLE OURSELVES.
II. WE MUST PRAY
IF MY PEOPLE WILL PRAY FOR OTHERS, THEN HE WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN.
ISAIAH 59:1-2
1 See, the Lord’s hand is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.
2 Rather, your iniquities have been barriers
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
PAUL SAYS AS CHRISTIANS, WE OUGHT TO PRAY FOR KINGS AND ALL PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY.
HAVE YOU BEEN PRAYING FOR OUR COUNTRY? FOR OUR LEADERS? CHURCH FAMILY?
WE WOULD BE AMAZED IF WE KNEW ALL THE HEARTACHES AND HEADACHES THAT OUR LEADERS FACE.....
IT IS THE REASON SO MANY THINGS ARE WRONG IN OUR WORLD TODAY. WE MUST BE IN PRAYER FOR OUR LEADERS....
GOD’S PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING BUT PRAYING.
GOD SAID, “IF MY PEOPLE WILL SUBMIT, YIELD, HANDS OFF AND PRAY FOR OTHERS, I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND.”
III. WE MUST SEEK GOD’S FACE
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRAYING AND SEEKING THE LORD’S FACE.
PRAYING IS WHEN I AM ASKING GOD TO BLESS, GIVE WISDOM AND GUIDANCE OR WHATEVER TO ANOTHER.
SEEKING GOD’S FACE MEANS I COME TO GOD AND SEEK HIS APPROVAL ON MY LIFE.
IV. WE MUST TURN FROM OUR WICKED WAYS
IF MY PEOPLE, CHRISTIANS, WILL TURN FORM THEIR WICKED WAYS.
NOT ENOUGH TO ADMIT OUR SIN, BUT BE CONVICTED OF THE SIN, BUT TURN FROM OUR WICKED WAYS.
WHEN WE SEEK GOD’S FACE, HE WILL REVEAL OUR SINS. IT IS THEN OUR JOB TO TURN FROM THEM.
THE GREATEST THING WE CAN DO FOR OUR CHURCH, OUR HOME, OUR COUNTRY, IS IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN....IS TO PRAY FOR OUR NATION.
GOD SAID, HE WOULD HEAL THE LAND, OUR LAND, WHICH IS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO, HIS FAVORITE WORK, HEALING.
WE MUST PRAY MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS....FOR THE LEADERS....
AND I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU....BUT I KNOW THAT PRAYER CAN CHANGE THINGS...
YOU SEE MOSES WAS IN A TIME OF TROUBLE
AT THE RED SEA AND MOSES PRAYED AND GOD SHOW UP AND CAUSES THE WIND TO MAKE A FREEWAY DOWN THROUGH THE RED SEA
YOU SEE THE HEBREW BOYS WERE IN THE FIREY FURNACE BUT JESUS SHOWED UP AS A FIRE FIGHTER AND TOOK THE HEAT OUT OF THE FLAME AND TURN THE FIREY FURNACE INTO A FELLOWSHIP HALL
DANIEL WAS AT A TIME OF TROUBLE IN THE LIONS DEN
BUT JESUS SHOWS UP AS A LION TAMER AND PUT THE LIONS ON A 24 HOUR FAST WHILE DANIEL WAS IN THE LIONS DEN
HANNAH WAS BARREN....BUT SHE PRAYED AND PLEADED WITH GOD …AND SHE WAS BLESSED WITH A SON NAMED SAMUEL…THAT SHE GAVE BACK TO GOD....AND GOD BLESSED HER WITH 3 MORE SONS AND 2 DAUGHTER....
PETER WAS IN PRISON FOR PREACHING....BUT THE CHURCH PRAYED....AND THE ANGEL OF GOD OPENED THE PRISON DOOR…AND HE PARADED... PAST THE GUARDS...
YES WE MUST PRAY.....WE MUST PRAY....WE MUST PRAY.....