The Second book of Chronicles
Chapter 6
¹ Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would reside in thick darkness.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 1)
Oh God, my Father there are times when You choose to reveal Yourself to us, however, likewise, You may also choose not to do so. On the other hand, we may also choose to draw the curtains on our relationship with You and choose our darkness over Your light Amen.
² I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to reside in forever."
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 2)
Oh God my Father, Your kingdom is that of the light and not one of darkness, however, when I am in deep sin, my body becomes a temple of darkness. I pray that You continue to show me the light of Your presence and permit me to be guided by it Amen.
³ Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 3)
Oh God my Father, how wonderful it is when Church and State are united as one. I pray for unity among the world Amen.
⁴ And he said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David, saying, ⁵ Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, so that my name might be there, and I chose no one as ruler over my people Israel ⁶ but I have chosen Jerusalem in order that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verses 4 to 6)
Oh God, my Father I thank You for being faithful with humanity from the very first day of our existence. You always seek to dwell among us so that we can experience You fully and in deep relationship. I thank You for Churches where we can attend and make such an experience with You Amen.
⁷ My father David had it in mind to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. ⁸ But the LORD said to my father David, 'You did well to consider building a house for my name; ⁹ nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.'
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verses 7 to 9)
Oh God my Father I thank You for the ideas that You give us for the gift of dreams and intelligence. I pray for help in order for me to accomplish the project that I am working on, If it is according to Your will may it be done that is if You want it from me to be done Amen.
¹⁰ NOw the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made; for I have succeeded my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. ⁱⁱ There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with the people of Israel."
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verses 10 to 11)
Oh God my Father I thank You for being so loyal towards humanity. I thank You for always keeping Your promises, even if this takes a long time to be fulfilled according to our clock and calendar Amen.
¹² Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 12)
Oh God my Father this is also my way of praying. When I open my hands this means that I am here to offer and receive from You Amen.
¹³ Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court; and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 13)
Oh brothers and sisters as in the case of King Solomon it is nice to have a precious space where we can meet God our Father in prayer and be with Him in both mind and spirit Amen. I thank God for giving me such a space Amen.
¹⁴ He said, "O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant in steadfast love with your servants who walk before you with all their heart- ¹⁵ you who have kept for your servant, my father David, what you promised to him. Indeed, you promised with your mouth and this day have fulfilled with your hand.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 14 to 15)
Oh God my Father indeed there is no God like You, for throughout the ages You have proved to be loyal trustworthy lovable and reliable, even though at times the outcomes appeared to be contrary to my agenda but in time You helped realize that Your way was and always shall be the best Amen.
¹⁶ Therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant, my father David, that which you promised him saying,'There shall never fail you a successor before me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children keep to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me'
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 16)
Oh God my Father this is why You keep giving us one successor after another after St. Peter as in Pope Francesco even though we do not always follow You faithfully. I thank You for remaining faithful to us Amen.
¹⁷ Therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you promised to your servant David.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 17)
Oh God my Father, I pray that You give me the faith, skill and strength to end this blog before I die and leave it online for all to benefit from forever Amen.
¹⁸ "But will God indeed reside with mortals on earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 18)
Oh God my Father this verse shows Your glory and mighty presence. Even though the heavens and the earth cannot contain Your presence, You have humbled yourself in a piece of material thus consecrated to hold Your very presence which is then given to us during the time of communion. There is indeed nothing greater than this act of glory Amen.
¹⁹ Regard your servant's prayer and his plea, O LORD my God, heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 19)
Oh God my Father I pray that You listen to my prayer. I need a friend who accepts me as I am and who would be ready to strike a relationship with me. My mother's life span I feel that is coming to its end. I pray that either my daughter calls me or You send me a friend who would be willing to get to know me a genuine person with whom I can grow and seek a long-lasting relationship Amen.
²⁰ May your eyes be open day and night toward this house, the place where you promised to set your name, and may you heed the prayer that your servant prays toward this place.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 20)
Oh God my Father during these times praise and worship was restricted to the temple, however, later on in the New Testament, You taught us that praise and worship can be anywhere as long as it is in spirit and in truth. I offer You the place where every morning and evening we meet in such a spirit of praise and worship Amen. I thank You for such a place Amen.
²¹ And hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; may you hear from heaven your dwelling place; hear and forgive.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 21)
Oh God my Father even though we have wronged You in many ways and on different occasions I pray that You listen to our prayers during this difficult time that the world is experiencing and have mercy on us and forgive us our trespasses, even though as humans we do not always forgive those who trespass against us Amen. Oh God please have mercy on us Amen.
²² "If someone sins against another and is required to take an oath and comes and swears before your altar in this house, ²³ may you hear from heaven, and act, and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing their conduct on their own head, and vindicating those who are in the right by rewarding them in accordance with their righteousness.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 22 to 23)
Oh God my Father as humans we are frail and prone to sin. Our righteousness is to be taken with a pinch of salt because by nature we are all selfish and prone to evil each in one's own way. I pray that instead of arriving at a point where we need to take an oath as in court we come before You and pray for enlightenment to find a solution for our problems Amen.
²⁴ "When your people Israel, having sinned against you, are defeated before an enemy but turn again to you, confess your name, pray and plead with you in this house, ²⁵ may you hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their ancestors.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 24 to 25)
Oh God, my Father, this is the very moment when the world is pleading for Your mercy and forgiveness, for we have sinned greatly against You. We have given You the second and even the third place in our lives. Dearly forgive us, dear Father, for we know not what we are doing.
²⁶ "When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and then they pray toward this place, confess your name and turn from their sin, because you punish them, ²⁷ may you hear in heaven, forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send down rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 26 to 27)
Oh God my Father I am fully convinced that You look down upon us humans and have mercy upon our sinful nature, and show us the way that leads to be united with You. I pray that we are humble enough to accept and understand Your warnings by which You may use nature to communicate with us such as lack of rainfall. I pray that we are all tuned on the same wavelength Amen.
²⁸ "If there is famine in the land, if there is plague, blight, mildew, locust, or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in any of the settlements of the lands; whatever suffering, whatever sickness there is; ²⁹ whatever prayer, whatever plea from any individual or from all your people Israel, all knowing their own suffering and their own sorrows so that they stretch out their hands toward this house; ³⁰ may you hear from heaven, your dwelling place, forgive, and render to all whose heart you know, according to all their ways, for only you know the human heart.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 28 to 30)
Oh God my Father I am fully convinced of how faithful loving and caring You are. I know that none of my prayers have gone to waste. You are my comfort and consolation and if there is somebody who really loves me, understands me and accepts me as I am with all my strengths and weaknesses this is You Amen.
³¹ Thus may they fear you and walk in your ways all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our ancestors.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 31)
Oh God my Father thus shall be our prayer. May we pledge our love and obedience to You for all our lives and not only when we are experiencing some form of crisis or tribulation Amen.
³² "Likewise when foreigners, who are not of your people Israel, come from a distant land because of your great name, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house, ³³ may you hear from heaven your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigners ask of you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that your name has been invoked on this house that I have built.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verses 32 to 33)
Oh God my Father many times we treat You as if You are a magician, do this and do that without ever considering if our wants are according to Your will and without ever thinking of thanking You for being active and intervening in our lives. Amen.
² I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to reside in forever."
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 2)
Oh God my Father, Your kingdom is that of the light and not one of darkness, however, when I am in deep sin, my body becomes a temple of darkness. I pray that You continue to show me the light of Your presence and permit me to be guided by it Amen.
³ Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 3)
Oh God my Father, how wonderful it is when Church and State are united as one. I pray for unity among the world Amen.
⁴ And he said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David, saying, ⁵ Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any of the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, so that my name might be there, and I chose no one as ruler over my people Israel ⁶ but I have chosen Jerusalem in order that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verses 4 to 6)
Oh God, my Father I thank You for being faithful with humanity from the very first day of our existence. You always seek to dwell among us so that we can experience You fully and in deep relationship. I thank You for Churches where we can attend and make such an experience with You Amen.
⁷ My father David had it in mind to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. ⁸ But the LORD said to my father David, 'You did well to consider building a house for my name; ⁹ nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.'
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verses 7 to 9)
Oh God my Father I thank You for the ideas that You give us for the gift of dreams and intelligence. I pray for help in order for me to accomplish the project that I am working on, If it is according to Your will may it be done that is if You want it from me to be done Amen.
¹⁰ NOw the LORD has fulfilled his promise that he made; for I have succeeded my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. ⁱⁱ There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with the people of Israel."
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verses 10 to 11)
Oh God my Father I thank You for being so loyal towards humanity. I thank You for always keeping Your promises, even if this takes a long time to be fulfilled according to our clock and calendar Amen.
¹² Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 12)
Oh God my Father this is also my way of praying. When I open my hands this means that I am here to offer and receive from You Amen.
¹³ Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court; and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 13)
Oh brothers and sisters as in the case of King Solomon it is nice to have a precious space where we can meet God our Father in prayer and be with Him in both mind and spirit Amen. I thank God for giving me such a space Amen.
¹⁴ He said, "O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant in steadfast love with your servants who walk before you with all their heart- ¹⁵ you who have kept for your servant, my father David, what you promised to him. Indeed, you promised with your mouth and this day have fulfilled with your hand.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 14 to 15)
Oh God my Father indeed there is no God like You, for throughout the ages You have proved to be loyal trustworthy lovable and reliable, even though at times the outcomes appeared to be contrary to my agenda but in time You helped realize that Your way was and always shall be the best Amen.
¹⁶ Therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant, my father David, that which you promised him saying,'There shall never fail you a successor before me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children keep to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me'
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 16)
Oh God my Father this is why You keep giving us one successor after another after St. Peter as in Pope Francesco even though we do not always follow You faithfully. I thank You for remaining faithful to us Amen.
¹⁷ Therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you promised to your servant David.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 17)
Oh God my Father, I pray that You give me the faith, skill and strength to end this blog before I die and leave it online for all to benefit from forever Amen.
¹⁸ "But will God indeed reside with mortals on earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 18)
Oh God my Father this verse shows Your glory and mighty presence. Even though the heavens and the earth cannot contain Your presence, You have humbled yourself in a piece of material thus consecrated to hold Your very presence which is then given to us during the time of communion. There is indeed nothing greater than this act of glory Amen.
¹⁹ Regard your servant's prayer and his plea, O LORD my God, heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 19)
Oh God my Father I pray that You listen to my prayer. I need a friend who accepts me as I am and who would be ready to strike a relationship with me. My mother's life span I feel that is coming to its end. I pray that either my daughter calls me or You send me a friend who would be willing to get to know me a genuine person with whom I can grow and seek a long-lasting relationship Amen.
²⁰ May your eyes be open day and night toward this house, the place where you promised to set your name, and may you heed the prayer that your servant prays toward this place.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 20)
Oh God my Father during these times praise and worship was restricted to the temple, however, later on in the New Testament, You taught us that praise and worship can be anywhere as long as it is in spirit and in truth. I offer You the place where every morning and evening we meet in such a spirit of praise and worship Amen. I thank You for such a place Amen.
²¹ And hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; may you hear from heaven your dwelling place; hear and forgive.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 21)
Oh God my Father even though we have wronged You in many ways and on different occasions I pray that You listen to our prayers during this difficult time that the world is experiencing and have mercy on us and forgive us our trespasses, even though as humans we do not always forgive those who trespass against us Amen. Oh God please have mercy on us Amen.
²² "If someone sins against another and is required to take an oath and comes and swears before your altar in this house, ²³ may you hear from heaven, and act, and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing their conduct on their own head, and vindicating those who are in the right by rewarding them in accordance with their righteousness.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 22 to 23)
Oh God my Father as humans we are frail and prone to sin. Our righteousness is to be taken with a pinch of salt because by nature we are all selfish and prone to evil each in one's own way. I pray that instead of arriving at a point where we need to take an oath as in court we come before You and pray for enlightenment to find a solution for our problems Amen.
²⁴ "When your people Israel, having sinned against you, are defeated before an enemy but turn again to you, confess your name, pray and plead with you in this house, ²⁵ may you hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their ancestors.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 24 to 25)
Oh God, my Father, this is the very moment when the world is pleading for Your mercy and forgiveness, for we have sinned greatly against You. We have given You the second and even the third place in our lives. Dearly forgive us, dear Father, for we know not what we are doing.
²⁶ "When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and then they pray toward this place, confess your name and turn from their sin, because you punish them, ²⁷ may you hear in heaven, forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send down rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 26 to 27)
Oh God my Father I am fully convinced that You look down upon us humans and have mercy upon our sinful nature, and show us the way that leads to be united with You. I pray that we are humble enough to accept and understand Your warnings by which You may use nature to communicate with us such as lack of rainfall. I pray that we are all tuned on the same wavelength Amen.
²⁸ "If there is famine in the land, if there is plague, blight, mildew, locust, or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in any of the settlements of the lands; whatever suffering, whatever sickness there is; ²⁹ whatever prayer, whatever plea from any individual or from all your people Israel, all knowing their own suffering and their own sorrows so that they stretch out their hands toward this house; ³⁰ may you hear from heaven, your dwelling place, forgive, and render to all whose heart you know, according to all their ways, for only you know the human heart.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 28 to 30)
Oh God my Father I am fully convinced of how faithful loving and caring You are. I know that none of my prayers have gone to waste. You are my comfort and consolation and if there is somebody who really loves me, understands me and accepts me as I am with all my strengths and weaknesses this is You Amen.
³¹ Thus may they fear you and walk in your ways all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our ancestors.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 31)
Oh God my Father thus shall be our prayer. May we pledge our love and obedience to You for all our lives and not only when we are experiencing some form of crisis or tribulation Amen.
³² "Likewise when foreigners, who are not of your people Israel, come from a distant land because of your great name, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house, ³³ may you hear from heaven your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigners ask of you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that your name has been invoked on this house that I have built.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verses 32 to 33)
Oh God my Father many times we treat You as if You are a magician, do this and do that without ever considering if our wants are according to Your will and without ever thinking of thanking You for being active and intervening in our lives. Amen.
³⁴ "If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, ³⁵ then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verses 34 to 35)
Oh God my Father I pray to You that whatever we do whatever we say in Your mighty name we have Your blessing love and support for without You we can do nothing Amen.
³⁶"If they sin against you-for there is no one who does not sin-and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near; ³⁷ then if they come to their senses in the land to which they have been taken captive, and repent, and plead with you in the land of their captivity, saying, ' We have sinned, and have done wrong; we have acted wickedly; ³⁸ if they repent with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity, to which they were taken captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their ancestors, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name, ³⁹ then hear from heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their pleas, maintain their cause and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verses 36 to 39)
Oh God my Father when I become angry, when I chose to let go the control of myself, when I let the monster of sin take control of myself, I instantly become a slave to my passions and over my spiritual self. I end up in a state of sin and solitude and if it is not for Your mercy I would remain in this stage of bondage forever. However You love me so much that every time You deliver me from myself. I pray that You make me strong enough to resist falling into the negative state of anger. Amen.
⁴⁰ Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to prayer from this place.
⁴⁰ Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to prayer from this place.
(The Second Book of Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 40)
Oh God my Father I believe that in the Church there is the sacramental presence in the presence of the Eucharist, which makes this place the ideal place where to give worship, however You Yourself told us that we are to worship in Spirit and in truth, and that when two or three are gathered in Your name You will be in our midst. Therefore the place where we worship, does not always make a difference, for we are a living Church wherever we go.
