1Ki 9:3, And the LORD said to him: “I HAVE HEARD YOUR PRAYER AND YOUR SUPPLICATION THAT YOU HAVE MADE BEFORE ME; I have consecrated this house which you have built TO PUT MY NAME THERE FOREVER, AND MY EYES AND MY HEART WILL BE THERE PERPETUALLY.
It’s amazing to think that the creator of heaven and earth can hear our prayers! THE PRAYER OF THE UPRIGHT IS HIS DELIGHT Pro 15:8!
Deu 11:12, a land for which the LORD your God cares; THE EYES OF THE LORD YOUR GOD ARE ALWAYS ON IT, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO THE VERY END OF THE YEAR.
1Ki 9:6-7, BUT IF you or your sons at all TURN FROM FOLLOWING ME, AND DO NOT KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS AND MY STATUTES WHICH I HAVE SET BEFORE YOU, BUT GO AND SERVE OTHER GODS AND WORSHIP THEM, THEN I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; AND THIS HOUSE which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight. ISRAEL WILL BE A PROVERB AND A BYWORD AMONG ALL PEOPLES.
IT’S A CHOICE GIVEN TO SOLOMON AND A CHOICE GIVEN TO US; TO FOLLOW THE LORD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS! BUT A BACKSLIDER ONLY HARMS HIMSELF!
Jer 2:19, YOUR OWN WICKEDNESS WILL CORRECT YOU, AND YOUR BACKSLIDINGS WILL REBUKE YOU. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That you have forsaken the LORD your God, And the fear of Me is not in you,” Says the Lord GOD of hosts.
THE LORD WANTS TO USE US TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE TOWARDS HIMSELF ONLY IF WE ARE FAITHFUL TO HIM! KEEP WATCH OVER YOUR OWN HEART!