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I want
you to get a feel for the language that gets men and women in this place behind
the veil. I know this is a lot of scripture at one time, but it is worth the read.
1 Kings
8:22-60 And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of
all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
V23 and he
said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on
earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk
before thee with all their heart:
V30 And
hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when
they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place:
and when thou hearest, forgive.
V37 If
there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust,
or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their
cities; whatsoever plague, what soever sickness there be;
V38 What
prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel,
which shall know every man the plague of his heart, and spread forth his hands
toward this house:
V39 Then
hear from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give every man
according to his ways, whose heart thou
knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men;)
V49 Then
hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and
maintain their cause,
V50And
forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions
wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before
them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
V51 For
they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of
Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
V52 That
thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the
supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call
for unto thee.
V54 And it
was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and
supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from
kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
V59 And
let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh
unto the LORD our god day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant,
and the cause of His people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
V60 That
all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is
none else.
1 Kings
9:3a
“And the
LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as He appeared unto him in Gibeon.
V3 And the
LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou
hast made before Me...”
Psalm
30:1-8
“I will
extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to
rejoice over me.
V2 O LORD
my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
V3 O LORD,
thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I
should not go down to the pit.
V4 Sing
unto the LORD, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His
holiness.
V5 For His
anger endureth but a moment; in His favour is life; weeping may endure for a
night, but joy cometh in the morning.
V6 And in
my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
V7 LORD,
by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; thou didst hide thy
face, and I was troubled.
V8 I cried
to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication”
Psalm
55:1-2
“Give ear
to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
V2 Attend
unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint and make noise.”
Psalm
142:1-2
“I cried
unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my
supplication.
V2 I
poured out my complaint before Him; I shewed Him my trouble.”
Daniel
6:10-11
“Now when
Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his
windows being opened in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees
three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did
aforetime.
V11 Then
these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before
his God.”
Daniel
9:17-22
“Now,
therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications,
and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s
sake
V18 O my
God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations,
and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our
supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
V19 O
LORD, hear; O LORD, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own
sake, On my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
V20 And
whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my
people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the
holy mountain
of my God;
V21 Yea,
whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the
vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time
of the evening oblation.
V22 And he
informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to
give thee skill and understanding.”
Acts
1:10-14
“And while
they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by
them in white apparel;
V11 Which
also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you
into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
V12 Then
returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from
Jerusalem a Sabbath days journey.
V13 And
when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both
Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and
Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of
James.
V14 These
all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and
Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren.”
Ten days
they sought the mind of God. Ten days in
prayer until they received their
answers. Are you willing to go there?
Excerpt from God Thinking XIV - That Next Place by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015
