Solomon’s Benediction
1 Kings 8:56-58 (NASB)
“Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant. May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us, that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers.

Psalm 119:34-36 (NASB)
Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law
And keep it with all my heart.
Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
Incline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to dishonest gain.

“Do not be surprised to see simple people believe without reasoning about it; God makes them love Him and hate themselves; He inclines their heart to believe. We will never believe with an effective belief based on faith unless God inclines our heart. And we will believe as soon as He inclines it.”
Blaise Pascal “Pensees”

Even our belief in Jesus as our Lord and Savior is a gift from God. It is after He inclines our heart to Him that we can have faith. Our conversion starts with the Holy Spirit quickening our soul. What a blessing that is to us as believers. When you pray for someone that is not yet in the kingdom, pray that God would incline their hearts to Him.

Heavenly Father, praises to You for inclining my heart to You. I pray for the least and the lost that You would bring each and every one into a saving faith in Jesus Christ. I pray for Your perfect timing as the Gospel is shared throughout the world. Amen.

Always praying for the glory of God,