Proverbs 28:14:
14Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is the man who reverently and worshipfully fears [the Lord] at all times [regardless of circumstances], but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Make sure that you are always aware of the presence of the Lord inside of you and that you worship and honor Him! The results of NOT doing this are NOT the results I'm looking for! (calamity!)
Colossians 1:9-13 is another prayer that you can pray for your friends and loved ones:
9For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray and make [special] request for you, [asking] that you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things-- 10That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition]. 11[We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy, 12Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God's holy people) in the Light. 13[The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins.
In 1 Kings 3:5 God asked Solomon:
5In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. And God said, Ask what I shall give you.
Solomon asked God for wisdom to rule God's people well! What was God's response? Verses 10-14:
10It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. 11God said to him, Because you have asked this and have not asked for long life or for riches, nor for the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to recognize what is just and right, 12Behold, I have done as you asked. I have given you a wise, discerning mind, so that no one before you was your equal, nor shall any arise after you equal to you. 13I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings equal to you all your days. 14And if you will go My way, keep My statutes and My commandments as your father David did, then I will lengthen your days.
And 1 Kings 4:29-34:
29And God gave Solomon exceptionally much wisdom and understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand of the seashore. 30Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31For he was wiser than all other men--than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. His fame was in all the nations round about. 32He also originated 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. 33He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he spoke also of beasts, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. 34Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
Solomon started out going after God's heart, just like David did! What happened? THAT discussion is for a future book!
Shalom in Him!
