and 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, forgive their sin, and heal their land.if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.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.if my people, who 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.
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… Second Chronicles 7, 14, we often quote it. God says, if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, Notice that's not addressed to an individual. It's addressed to a group. He's talking to us. Not just to you or to me. It applies to us, of course. But saying, hey, all of you, all y'all, as they say in the South, all y'all, if you'll turn from your sins and get together and pray together, I'll hear from heaven and forgive your sin and heal your land. So here is this violent, rushing wind. The word suddenly implies it was supernatural. And of course it was. This incredible move of the Holy Spirit. And they're filled with the Spirit. And as I've already said, God wants to refill you again and again and again. As a matter of fact, after the day of Pentecost, some of the apostles were told to stop preaching the gospel. …
… pray that you would heal it because you said if my people called by my name humble themselves and pray seek my face turn from their wicked ways then will I hear from heaven forgive their sins and heal the land God this land needs healing so please heal this land I pray your blessings now upon everyone online and in this house God give us a sense of what you're calling us to do for such a time as this and so I pray that you oh God would speak move deliver heal set free empower but have your way in Jesus name in Jesus name in Jesus name save the lost in Jesus name bring home to your church those who need community in Jesus name have your way heads bowed eyes closed Christians praying if you're here and you're not in right relationship with God through Jesus Christ if you're here you know it's time for your life to what be changed for God to turn your life around get you on the right road moving in the right direction that's what salvation is salvation is when God gives you watch this a u-turn and then you get on the right road moving in the right direction and so if you're here and you're not saved you're not a christian you're here you're not in right relationship with god through jesus christ won't you right now say yes to jesus how do i do that preacher all you got to do is stand up step out of the aisle you're in come on down front and give your life to jesus …
… each and every day of our life. Second Chronicles 7.14 says, if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear them from heaven and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. How many people wanna see our land healed and sins forgiven? Well, guess what? It starts with me and it starts with you in this private time with the Lord where we come to him and God takes out the things that need to be taken out of our heart and our soul and he downloads his heart and his soul into us and we become like the one that we are worshiping. How many know you are what you worship? And so it starts privately, and secondly, it continues publicly. In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus says, Our Father who is in heaven, holy is your name. He doesn't say, My Father. Jesus is setting the tone that there is a collectivism to our faith. …
… you must become the house of prayer in order to build the house of prayer the bible says if my people y'all know it who are called by my name would humble themselves and pray seek my face and turn from their wicked ways he said then will I hear from heaven and forgive their sins and heal the land could it be that our land is in trouble because we can't get on one call Could it be that we've given too much power to a White House and not the King of glory? Could it be we too busy blogging and talking about each other, group chatting about each other, rather than turning our face to God? Hallelujah. The Bible says, then you will call upon me and I will answer you. He says, I will hear you. You will seek me. And when you seek me with all of your heart. Prayer. He says, I will call this a house of prayer. There are many things that are happening right now in the earth. …
Then I want to toss it over to PT for us to get into communion. I spoke from 2 Chronicles chapter 7 verses 12 through 15. Can I encourage you guys, if you do not, let me tell you, I started doing something now. I will be honest, I have every intention on being a church mother in about 40 years. Every intention, I can't wait for it. And I will be insufferable, I just want you to know. But I started using my actual Bible instead of bringing my phone to church. And it doesn't make me any better than people who use their phone. But what I did realize is that having my actual Bible allowed me to highlight it, to put the pens in it as God was speaking to me there in the moment. I would use it for my personal devotion. But I just want to encourage you all, if you don't have a physical Bible or you haven't used it in a while, to break it out. …
… In Jesus' name, amen. I'm in 2 Chronicles 7, verses 12 through 15. this is not unfamiliar for some of you as a matter of fact when I read it some of you who maybe grew up in church or around church will know some of the words in this scripture but for those of you who are just beginning your journey it's important to understand that there is a king Solomon who has created he's built a temple for the Lord and he went through some struggles to build this temple his father thought he would build it his father didn't get a chance to build it, but the Lord allowed him to build a temple, a dwelling place for his name. And they have finally built the temple, and they have a huge celebration to dedicate the temple. And Solomon makes his prayer requests known before the Lord during the dedication of this temple. And in this text, the Lord answers those prayer requests that Solomon prayed as it related to dedicating the temple. And in verse 12, it says, then the Lord appeared to Solomon by 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 locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people. If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven. I will forgive their sin and I will heal their land. Now my eyes will be opened and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there. Isn't that beautiful? I want to be where God's eyes and heart always are. All that requires of me, simple. I humble myself, pray, seek his faith, turn for my wicked ways. Got it. Don't be the older brother. Got it. that's, that's coming. You, you may be watching this. The, the landscape of spirituality is really interesting right now. 30% more Bibles were purchased in the last year than the year before. 30%. Something's happening. Something's happening. Something's changing. God is moving in ways that are pretty unprecedented. You can Google it and read about it. People are writing about it. This is not a quiet thing, but you may lose your parking spot. And I know I believe you. …
… the Bible said if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray seek my face, turn from their wicked ways then will I hear from heaven forgive their sin and heal their land I know the land is sick right now but our God is still sovereign And I need some people who still believe that he answers prayer to testify. Neither trouble nor Trump will last always. So I'm going to keep on praying until times get better. I want to suggest that you and I need to have faith despite the severity of our predicament. Listen here, man. Hey, hey! You got to have faith despite the severity of your predicament. You got to have faith that is displayed in the strength of our persistence. I'm almost done here. Clock on the wall says it's ticking rain, but I got a little more to preach for you. If you got a little bit more time, I got one more thing. I'm going to use about 10 minutes to tell you about it. …
through the Holy Spirit, according to your word. Amen. Second Chronicles chapter 7, verse 14, we find the words of our text for this message. 2 Chronicles chapter 7, verse 14 reads, And if my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves and pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land. You may be seated in God's presence. for just a few moments with your prayers. I want to continue our stroll through this wonderful verse. And today I want to talk about going to your knees to get back on your feet. Going to your knees to get back on your feet. Has life ever set you back, knocked you down, and threaten to wipe you out. No matter how big your Bible is, how long you've been going to church, there are those dark days and nightmarish nights where we find ourselves literally wiped out. We've been set back and we are not down. …
… for some things God why is this happening and God said I'm not the problem I didn't do it you did it in fact I'm not the problem I'm the solution if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my faith and turn from their wicked ways then shall I hear from heaven and I'll deliver their sins and heal their land he he blamed God and so he was so mad that he tried to take it out on Elijah so he went to where Elijah was meanwhile somebody said meanwhile meanwhile Elijah was meeting at his home with the elders of the city and while he was talking to the city, the elders, the Bible says that the king was coming to his house. And before he even got to the house, Elijah said, see what the king is doing? The king is coming to the house and he's trying. He said, somebody get to the door and shut the door and lock the door. God was still giving Reverend Elijah some intel in what the enemy was trying to do. And then the king finally got there. And when he got there, all perturbed, frustrated, and upset, Elijah looked at the king and said, king, don't worry he said by this time tomorrow God is going to turn things around where there is paucity he said there will be plenty when there is not enough he said there will be more than enough and it won't …
… THE BIBLE SAYS WHERE SIN DID ABOUND, GRACE DOTH MUCH MORE ABOUND. THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT GOD CANNOT. GOD SAYS, IF MY PEOPLE WHICH ARE CALLED BY MY NAME SHALL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAY, THEN WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND WILL HEAL THEIR LAND. IT'S TIME TO BLOW THE TRUMPET IN AMERICA. IT'S TIME, OH, IT'S PAST TIME FOR THE SALT TO WORK. You know what? Do you know what? Do you know what? God took sodium. deadly, explosive. God took chlorine, noxious and deadly, and God, by His divine chemistry, put them together, and God made something incredibly wonderful, necessary for life, NECESSARY FOR PRESERVATION, NECESSARY FOR PURITY. MY DEAR FRIEND, THE GOD WHO DID THAT WITH COMMON SALT IS THE GOD WHO, BY THE CHEMISTRY OF THE CROSS, CAN CHANGE YOU AND MAKE YOU A BRAND NEW CREATURE. THERE ARE MILLIONS IN THE WORLD, MILLIONS, WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN CHANGED RADICALLY AND DRAMATICALLY ETERNALLY FOR GOOD, FOR GOD, AND FOREVER BY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. HEADS ARE BOWED, EYES ARE CLOSED. …