Prayer Made in this Place II Chronicles 6:40

“Now, my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and let Your ears be attentive to the prayer made in this place.


Solomon has built the Temple for God in Jerusalem. It is a magnificent Temple and all the people of Israel had come to dedicate this House to the Lord. Solomon stood before all the people and he prayed that God would bless this House that he had built and that He would indeed dwell in the Temple.

Solomon asks God to forgive the children of Israel of their sins when they come to this place to worship and to seek His forgiveness. He prays that God would hear their prayers and that He would forgive their sins and heal their lives and their land.

He prays a number of prayers that cover a variety of situations that the children of Israel had found themselves in, in the past and at the end of his prayer, he says, “Now, my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and let Your ears be attentive to the prayer made in this place.”

Our lives are the temple of the living God if we belong to Him. Our lives ought to be characterized by the words of this prayer that Solomon prayed to God; “God my prayer is that Your eyes will be open and your ears attentive to the prayers that are made in this place, in my life and in my heart.”

You and I ought to be people of prayer. We ought to let prayer be the guiding principle in our lives. Prayer acknowledges our dependence on God. Prayer acknowledges our need for Him in our lives. Prayer allows God to move in our lives in each and every decision that we make so that He can forgive our sin and fortify our situation in every circumstance that we have ever or will ever face in our lives. God will give us victory if we will just make prayer a priority in our lives.

Would you be willing to pray today, that God would open His eyes and His ears to your prayers made in this place, in your heart and in your life? If you will just pray this prayer, God will hear your prayer and He will make a profound difference in your life!