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2 Chronicles 6 · Grade 5

A Prayer for Every Need

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Read and Think

Solomon's dedication prayer is one of the longest prayers in Scripture. He began with praise: God keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who walk before him with all their heart. God had kept every word he spoke to David, and Solomon asked him to keep the rest of his promise.

Solomon admitted that heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain God. Yet he asked God to have regard to the prayers made toward this house. Then he named situations: when someone wrongs a neighbor, when Israel is defeated, when there is no rain, when sickness comes, and when the people are carried away captive.

In each case the request is the same: hear from heaven, forgive, and act. Solomon included the foreigner, so that all the peoples of the earth might know God's name. He ended by asking God to arise into his resting place and to remember his loving kindness to David. In the New Testament, Jesus calls God's house a house of prayer for all the nations (Mark 11:17).

Show What You Know

  1. With whom does God keep covenant?

  2. What did Solomon admit about heaven?

  3. Name one situation Solomon prayed about.

  4. What was the request in each case?

  5. What does Jesus call God's house in Mark 11:17?

Crossword

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Across

  1. And blessed all the assembly of ____
  2. But I have built you a ____ and home
  3. And spread out his hands toward ____)

Down

  1. And forgive the sin of your ____ Israel
  2. But ____ said to David my father

Think About It

  1. Solomon brought every kind of need to God. What need would you like to bring to God right now?

  2. Solomon prayed that all peoples would know God's name. How can you help someone come to know God?

Memory Verse

“Listen to the petitions of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.”

2 Chronicles 6:21 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for hearing my prayers. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How does Mark 11:17 in the New Testament connect to Solomon's prayer?
  • What need would you bring to God today?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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