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Subject: Today's KJV Verse : 2 Chronicles 7:14

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                                                        July  3, 2009

VERSE:
  "If my people, which are called by my name, shall 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."

   -- 2 Chronicles 7:14
      

THOUGHT:
  In today's Scripture, which occurs immediately after the
dedication of the Temple, God told Solomon that the Temple would be
a place his people could come and be assured that their prayers
would be heard if they honestly and humbly would seek God. This
promise is true still, to this very day, for while God's physical
Temple isn't standing, his spiritual one is found in the gathering
of his people (cf. 1 Cor. 3:16; Matt. 18:20). While we know that
God hears our individual prayers, what a great blessing and what a
powerful promise for God's people today! We know that when we
gather with believers and humble ourselves before God and seek his
presence he will hear us. Rather than wait for a grandiose,
world-wide effort to start, why not get together regularly with
others who will join us in this prayer effort?

PRAYER:
  Loving Father, earnestly I seek your presence now. Please
forgive me for my sin. Please use me to be an influence for good in
my time. Most of all, Father, please move to bring revival and
healing to our time, our people, and our land. We desperately need
your guidance, blessing, and character in our government and among
our people. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.