Bible Lesson: Answered Prayer:
Davids Prayer For Continual
Blessings.
Subject Of Prayer: Davids
Prayer Of Thanksgiving, And Request For Continued Favor.
Bible Text:
II Samuel 7:1-29 NLT (The Lord’s
Promise to David.)
1 When King
David was settled in his palace and The Lord had given him rest from
all the surrounding enemies,
2 the king
summoned Nathan the prophet. “Look,” David said, “I am living
in a beautiful cedar palace, but the Ark of God is out there in a
tent!”
3 Nathan
replied to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind,
for The Lord is with you.”
4 But that same
night The Lord said to Nathan,
5 “Go and
tell my servant David, ‘This is what The Lord has declared: Are you
the one to build a house for Me to live in?
6 I have never
lived in a house, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt
until this very day. I have always moved from one place to another
with a tent and a Tabernacle as My dwelling.
7 Yet no matter
where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained
to Israel’s tribal leaders, the shepherds of My people Israel. I
have never asked them, “Why haven’t you built Me a beautiful
cedar house?”’
8 “Now go and
say to My servant David, ‘This is what The Lord Of Heaven’s
Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and
selected you to be the leader of My people Israel.
9 I have been
with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your
enemies before your eyes. Now I will make your name as famous as
anyone who has ever lived on the earth!
10 And I will
provide a homeland for My people Israel, planting them in a secure
place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won’t
oppress them as they’ve done in the past,
11 starting
from the time I appointed judges to rule My people Israel. And I will
give you rest from all your enemies.“‘Furthermore, The Lord
declares that He will make a house for you—a dynasty of kings!
12 For when you
die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your
descendants, your own offspring, and I will make his kingdom strong.
13 He is the
one who will build a house—a temple—for My name. And I will
secure his royal throne forever.
14 I will be
his Father, and he will be My son. If he sins, I will correct and
discipline him with the rod, like any father would do.
15 But My favor
will not be taken from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed
from your sight.
16 Your house
and your kingdom will continue before Me for all time, and your
throne will be secure forever.’”
17 So Nathan
went back to David and told him everything The Lord had said in this
vision.
(David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving.)
18 Then King
David went in and sat before The Lord and prayed,“Who am I, O
Sovereign Lord, and what is my family, that you have brought me this
far?
19 And now,
Sovereign Lord, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving
your servant a lasting dynasty! Do you deal with everyone this way, O
Sovereign Lord?
20 “What more
can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like,
Sovereign Lord.
21 Because of
your promise and according to your will, you have done all these
great things and have made them known to your servant.
22 “How great
you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you. We have never
even heard of another God like you!
23 What other
nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God,
have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a
great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You
performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations and gods that
stood in their way.
24 You made
Israel your very own people forever, and you, O Lord, became their
God.
25 “And now,
O Lord God, I am your servant; do as you have promised concerning me
and my family. Confirm it as a promise that will last forever.
26 And may your
name be honored forever so that everyone will say, ‘The Lord Of
Heaven’s Armies is God Over Israel!’ And may the house of your
servant David continue before you forever.
27 “O Lord Of
Heaven’s Armies, God Of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray
this prayer to you because you have revealed all this to your
servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you—a dynasty of
kings!’
28 For you are
God, O Sovereign Lord. Your words are Truth, and you have promised
these good things to your servant.
29 And now, may
it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may
continue forever before you. For you have spoken, and when you grant
a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign Lord, it is an eternal
blessing!”
Nathan's vision from The Lord, concerning King David.)
No, David,
II Samuel 7:11-17 NLT
11 starting
from the time I appointed judges to rule My people Israel. And I will
give you rest from all your enemies. “‘Furthermore, The Lord
declares that He will make a house for you—a dynasty of kings!
12 For when you
die and are buried with your ancestors, I will raise up one of your
descendants, your own offspring, and I will make his kingdom strong.
13 He is the
one who will build a house—a temple—for My name. And I will
secure his royal throne forever.
14 I will be
his Father, and he will be My son. If he sins, I will correct and
discipline him with the rod, like any father would do.
15 But My favor
will not be taken from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed
from your sight.
16 Your house
and your kingdom will continue before Me for all time, and your
throne will be secure forever.’”
17 So Nathan
went back to David and told him everything The Lord had said in this
vision.
I Chronicles
28:1-6 NKJV
1 Now David
assembled at Jerusalem all the leaders of Israel: the officers of the
tribes and the captains of the divisions who served the king, the
captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, and the stewards
over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons,
with the officials, the valiant men, and all the mighty men of valor.
2 Then King
David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren and my
people: I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of
the covenant of The Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had
made preparations to build it.
3 But God said
to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My name, because you have
been a man of war and have shed blood.’
4 However The
Lord God of Israel chose me above all the house of my father to be
king over
Israel forever, for He has chosen Judah to be the ruler. And of the
house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my
father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel. 5 And
of all my sons (for The Lord has given me many sons) He has chosen my
son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of The Lord over
Israel.
6 Now He said
to me, ‘It is your son Solomon who shall build My house and My
courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.
(Davids prayer of thanksgiving, and request of continual blessing.)
II Samuel
7:25-29 NLT
25 “And now,
O Lord God, I am your servant; do as you have promised concerning me
and my family. Confirm it as a promise that will last forever.
26 And may your
name be honored forever so that everyone will say, ‘The Lord of
Heaven’s Armies is God over Israel!’ And may the house of your
servant David continue before you forever.
27 “O Lord of
Heaven’s Armies, God of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray
this prayer to you because you have revealed all this to your
servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you—a dynasty of
kings!’
28 For you are
God, O Sovereign Lord. Your words are Truth, and you have promised
these good things to your servant.
29 And now, may
it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may
continue forever before you. For you have spoken, and when you grant
a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign Lord, it is an eternal
blessing!”
King Davids everlasting dynasty:
Psalm 89:1-37 NLT (A psalm of Ethan the Ezrahite.)
1 I will sing
of The Lord’s unfailing love forever! Young and old will hear of
your faithfulness.
2 Your
unfailing love will last forever. Your faithfulness is as enduring as
the heavens.
3 The Lord
said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant. I have
sworn this oath to him:
4 ‘I will
establish your descendants as kings forever; they will sit on your
throne from now until eternity.’” Interlude
5 All heaven
will praise your great wonders, Lord; myriads of angels will praise
you for your faithfulness.
6 For who in
all of heaven can compare with The Lord? What mightiest angel is
anything like
The Lord?
7 The highest
angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than all
who surround His throne.
8 O Lord God of
Heaven’s Armies! Where is there anyone as mighty as you, O Lord?
You are entirely faithful.
9 You rule the
oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves.
10 You crushed
the great sea monster. You scattered your enemies with your mighty
arm.
11 The heavens
are yours, and the earth is yours; everything in the world is
yours—you created it all.
12 You created
north and south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.
13 Powerful is
your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in
glorious strength.
14
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Unfailing Love and Truth walk before you as attendants.
15 Happy are
those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the
Light of your presence, Lord.
16 They rejoice
all day long in your wonderful reputation. They exult in your
righteousness.
17 You are
their glorious strength. It pleases you to make us strong.
18 Yes, our
protection comes from The Lord, and He, The Holy One Of Israel, has
given us our king.
19 Long ago you
spoke in a vision to your faithful people.
You said, “I
have raised up a warrior. I have selected him from the common people
to be king.
20 I have found
my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil.
21 I will
steady him with My hand; with My powerful arm I will make him strong.
22 His enemies
will not defeat him, nor will the wicked overpower him.
23 I will beat
down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.
24 My
faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him, and by My authority
he will grow in power.
25 I will
extend his rule over the sea, his dominion over the rivers.
26 And he will
call out to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and The Rock Of My
Salvation.’
27 I will make
him my firstborn son, the mightiest king on earth.
28 I will love
him and be kind to him forever; My covenant with him will never end.
29 I will
preserve an heir for him; his throne will be as endless as the days
of heaven.
30 But if his
descendants forsake My instructions and fail to obey My regulations,
31 if they do
not obey My decrees and fail to keep My commands,
32 then I will
punish their sin with the rod, and their disobedience with beating.
33 But I will
never stop loving him nor fail to keep My promise to him.
34 No, I will
not break My covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.
35 I have sworn
an oath to David, and in My holiness I cannot lie:
36 His
dynasty will go on forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun.
37 It will
be as eternal as the moon, My faithful witness in the sky!”
Interlude
Ezekiel 37:15-28 NLT (Reuniting of Israel and Judah.)
15 Again a
message came to me from The Lord:
16 “Son of
man, take a piece of wood and carve on it these words: ‘This
represents Judah and its allied tribes.’ Then take another piece
and carve these words on it: ‘This represents Ephraim and the
northern tribes of Israel.’
17 Now hold
them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood.
18 When your
people ask you what your actions mean,
19 say to them,
‘This is what The Sovereign Lord says: I will take Ephraim and the
northern tribes and join them to Judah. I will make them one piece of
wood in My hand.’
20 “Then hold
out the pieces of wood you have inscribed, so the people can see
them.
21 And give
them this message from The Sovereign Lord: I will gather the people
of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own
land from the places where they have been scattered. 22 I will unify
them into one nation on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule
them all; no longer will they be divided into two nations or into two
kingdoms.
23 They will
never again pollute themselves with their idols and vile images and
rebellion, for I will save them from their sinful apostasy. I will
cleanse them. Then they will truly be My people, and I will be their
God.
24 “My
servant David will be their king, and they will have only one
shepherd. They will obey My regulations and be careful to keep My
decrees.
25 They will
live in the land I gave My servant Jacob, the land where their
ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren
after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And
My servant David will be their prince forever.
26 And I will
make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will
give them their land and increase their numbers, and I will put My
Temple among them forever.
27 I will make
My home among them. I will be their God, and they will be My people.
28 And when
My Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I am The
Lord, who makes Israel holy.”
David
had prayed, and God had heard!
Will God, hear your prayer? He will if you are His child!
Our God is only obligated to answer the prayers of His people.
Become His child today, He loves you and has provided a pardon for
your sins.
II Corinthians
5:21 NLT
For God made
Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we
could be made right with God through Christ.
Acts 2:21 NKJV
And it shall
come to pass That whoever calls on the name of The Lord Shall be
saved.’
The God Who
Answers Prayer:
Joshua 10:14 KJV
And there was
no day like that before it or after it, that The Lord hearkened unto
the voice of a man: for The Lord fought for Israel.
Nehemiah 9:27
KJV
in the time of
their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them
I Chronicles
16:11 KJV
Seek The Lord
and His strength, seek His face continually.
Nehemiah 9:27
KJV
in the time of
their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them
Psalm 6:9 KJV
The Lord hath
heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer.
Psalm 55:17 KJV
Evening, and
morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear
my voice.
Psalm 65:2 KJV
O thou that
hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Psalm 66:19 KJV
But verily God
hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalm 88:1,2 KJV
1 O lord God of
my Salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2 Let my prayer
come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalm 91:15 KJV
He shall call
upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and honor him.
Psalm 99:6,8 KJV
6 "...they
called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
8 Thou
answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest
them..."
Psalm 102:17 KJV
He will regard
the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Psalm 122:6 KJV
Pray for the
peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Proverbs 15:8,29
KJV
8 The sacrifice
of the wicked is an abomination to The Lord: but the prayer of the
upright is His delight.
29 The Lord is
far from the wicked: but He heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 38:5 KJV
“...I have
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears...”
Isaiah 56:7 KJV
"... for
Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah 58:9 KJV
Then shalt thou
call, and The Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say,
Here I am...:"
Isaiah 65;24 KJV
And it shall
come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they
are yet speaking, I will hear.
Jeremiah 29:13
KJV
And ye shall
seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your
heart.
Zechariah 13:9
KJV
And I will
bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver
is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My
name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they
shall say, The Lord is my God.
Joel 2:32 KJV
And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall
be delivered..."
Matthew 5:44 KJV
But I say unto
you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you;
Matthew 6:6 KJV
But thou, when
thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy
door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 7:7,8
KJV
7 Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you:
8 For every one
that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.
Matthew 18:19,20
KJV
19 Again I say
unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any
thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father
which is in heaven.
20 For where
two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the
midst of them.
Matthew 21:22
KJV
And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 26:41
KJV
Watch and pray,
that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak.
Mark 11:24,25
KJV
24 Therefore I
say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye
stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your
Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Luke 11:9,10 KJV
9 And I say
unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
Luke 18:1,7,8
KJV
1 And He spake
a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and
not to faint;
7 "...don’t
you think God will surely give justice to His chosen people who cry
out to Him day and night? Will He keep putting them off?
8 I tell you,
He will grant justice to them quickly! But when The Son Of Man
returns, how many will He find on the earth who have faith?”
Luke 21:36 KJV
Watch ye
therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape
all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before The Son
Of Man.
John 15:7 KJV
If ye abide in
Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you.
John 16:24 KJV
Hitherto have
ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy
may be full.
Ephesians 6:18
KJV
Praying always
with all prayer and supplication in The Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Philippians 4:6
NLT
Don’t worry
about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you
need, and thank Him for all He has done.
Colossians 4:2
NLT
Devote
yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
I Thessalonians
5:17 KJV
Pray without
ceasing.
I Timothy 2:8
KJV
I will
therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without
wrath and doubting.
James 1:6 KJV
But let him ask
in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of
the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
James 4:8 KJV
Draw nigh to
God, and he will draw nigh to you
James
5:13-16 KJV
13 Is any among
you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick
among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them
pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of The Lord:
15 And the
prayer of faith shall save the sick, and The Lord shall raise him up;
and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess your
faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth
much.
I Peter 4:7 KJV
But the end of
all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
I John 3:22 KJV
And whatsoever
we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in His sight.
Revelation 8:3-5 NLT (Prayers heard and kept)
3 Then another
angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the altar. And a
great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of
God’s people as an offering on the gold altar before the throne.
4 The smoke of
the incense, mixed with the prayers of God’s holy people, ascended
up to God from the altar where the angel had poured them out.
5 Then the
angel filled the incense burner with fire from the altar..."
