Date: Thursday, 11thJanuary, 2024
Text: 2 Chronicles 7:13-14
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
Some people don’t get result because they approach God’s presence the wrong way. They barge into the presence of the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Such folks just get into his presence and start to pour out all their complaints before him; they then wonder why they don’t get answers.
God knows all your problems even before you tell him. But “enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.” Psalm 100:4
Come also with an attitude of humility and sincerity. Don’t come flaunting your credentials like the Pharisee who came to God’s presence and said, “‘I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there. I fast two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all my income.’ Luke 18:11-12. His prayers were not answered because of his boastful attitude.
God spoke to Solomon saying, “If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
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 7:13-14.
This year, may all your prayers be answered in Jesus name.
Action Nugget: Always come into His presence with an attitude of thanksgiving, humility and sincerity.