“God appeared to Solomon that very night and said, “I accept your prayer; yes, I have chosen this place as a temple for sacrifice, a house of worship. If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people, and my people, my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I’ll be there ready for you: I’ll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health. From now on I’m alert day and night to the prayers offered at this place. Believe me, I’ve chosen and sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always. As for you, if you live in my presence as your father David lived, pure in heart and action, living the life I’ve set out for you, attentively obedient to my guidance and judgments, then I’ll back your kingly rule over Israel—make it a sure thing on a sure foundation. The same covenant guarantee I gave to David your father I’m giving to you, namely, ‘You can count on always having a descendant on Israel’s throne.’”
2 Chronicles 7:12-18 MSG
https://bible.com/bible/97/2ch.7.12-18.MSG
Visiting family and friends in CA. Back home to Tennessee, tomorrow.
bible.com/bible/100/2co.5.20-21.NASB1995
“God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21, NIV) You are God’s righteousness. You are His goodness and rightness because of what Christ did on the cross. This was given to you, and you are called righteous by the Lord of the universe. You can live in light of the righteousness you were given. It not only allows you to approach God with confidence, but it allows you to be an ambassador to others around you. Because your righteousness is not earned but freely given through faith in Jesus, you can share this gift with others and invite them to be God’s righteousness too.
bible.com/bible/100/luk.6.35.NASB1995
Father, my heart is sinful and selfish. You have already shown me, the depths of your compassion, and yet this verse creates tension in my heart to do good to my enemies. I cannot do this without your Holy Spirit and your working together in me. Help me continue to grow, in this area. Amen.
bible.com/bible/100/luk.6.35.NASB1995
Father, my heart is sinful and selfish. You have already shown me, the depths of your compassion, and yet this verse creates tension in my heart to do good to my enemies. I cannot do this without your Holy Spirit and your working together in me. Help me continue to grow, in this area. Amen.
bible.com/bible/100/psa.77.11-12.NASB1995
Father, just as David looked back at Israel’s deliverance from oppression, and looked forward to the coming messiah, we as Christians look back at our deliverance from sin by Jesus death and resurrection, and look forward to his second coming. May the Good News of deliverance to all who believe, go out to every living soul. May their faith in Jesus, transform them into the people you want them to be.
“Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.”
Colossians 3:23-24 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.3.23-24.NASB1995
bible.com/bible/100/rom.2.28-29.NASB1995
Living Waters 