“If my people, which are called by my name,
(Christians)
shall humble themselves,
(having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance)
and pray,
(just talking to God)
and seek my face,
(worship, Bible reading, prayer, quiet listening)
and turn from their wicked ways;
(What are we watching on t.v. or movies? What are we reading? Is it wholesome? Are we seeking a clean pure heart? Kind to others, even those at home? Honest? There are all kinds of sins that some Christians overlook. We need to really seek the Lord and ask him to reveal those to us. We need to be different than the average American.)
then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land.”
Let’s do our part!
Thank you God!
Many of my readers are not in the United States. This applies to your country as well!
Excellent!
ReplyDelete"Kind to others, even those at home?"
ReplyDeletePowerful.
Amen, Amen and Amen!
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Of course, the original context of 2 Chronicles 7:14 was at the dedication of the first temple when YHWH warned King Solomon and all of Israel against disobedience. And it still remains true! We must still be careful to guard His instructions. Alas, all too many Christians have forsaken His statutes and His commandments. But it is not too late. Perhaps they will yet see their error and humble themselves.
ReplyDeleteThus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king's house. All that Solomon had planned to do in the house of the Lord and in his own house he successfully accomplished. Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. And as for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my rules, then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to rule Israel.’ “But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will pluck you up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. And at this house, which was exalted, everyone passing by will be astonished and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore he has brought all this disaster on them.’” (2 Chronicles 7:11-22, ESV)
AMEN! That sums it up nicely!
ReplyDeleteSEGURO QUE SE APLICA TAMBIEN A MI PAIS LAURA, AQUI HAY TANTA CORRUPCION ENTRE LOS POLITICOS, EN OCTUBRE ELEGIREMOS UN NUYEVO PRESIDENTE, VICEPRESIDENTE, GOBERNADOR ECT. Y TODOS LOS CANDIDATOS SON IMPRESENTABLES Y DESHONESTOS, POR SUPUESTO IRE A VOTAR, PERO PORQUE DIOS ME LO PIDE EN SU PALABRA: OBEDECER A LAS AUTORIDADES, NO SE QUE VA A PASAR EL AÑO QUE VIENE, PERO ESTAMOS EN UNA GRAN RESECION, DESEMPLEO Y FALTA DINERO PARA TODO, CONFIAMOS PLENAMENTE EN EL SEÑOR Y EL SUPLIRA NUESTRAS NECESIDADES. BENDICIONES.
ReplyDeleteYes! Let's each do our part. And all our small parts will add up to a lot, right Cheryl?
ReplyDeleteA Verse I pray about and love! Amen it is the answer! I heard another good advice ~ Christian's need to run for school boards, teachers, major, county seat and so on. If Christians would flood the offices of our country ~ we could take our schools, our states, our country back.
ReplyDeleteYou're right my dear. It's one of the reasons that I'm substitute teaching even though I homeschooled for over 25 years!
DeleteBlessings,
Laura
P.S. I'll come visit you at your blog.