Do you pray the promises of God? Would you stand on them even if faced with lions? 1 Kings 5-9

1 Kings 8:46-47 (NASBStr)

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, ‘ We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly ’;

After Solomon had built the Temple in Jerusalem he had a large dedication service.   During that service a prayer was made and the above verses are taken from that prayer.   The Temple had taken seven years to build and God had already filled the place with His glory, thus indicating His blessing on the work.  Solomon prays that God would further extend His blessing via the work so that those who pray toward this Temple would be blessed for praying, not toward the stone, gold and wood, but toward the God who had now filled the place with His glory.  Solomon had previously, in this prayer, acknowledged that nothing on this earth could hold or contain God.   But, Solomon did want the place to be a constant reminder of the presence and power of God.    Solomon had requested that those who needed food, needed victory, needed power, could pray toward the temple and would know for surety that God would hear them and give them the desire of their hearts.   The above section is specifically IF anyone in the nation of Israel were taken captive.   Solomon wants even those in prison in a foreign land to be able to pray toward the Glory of God and be delivered by God.  The best example of this prayer actually being exercised is with Daniel when he was lead away and became the counselor to Nebuchadnezzar.  When the other wise man so that Daniel was a favored counselor to the king they plotted against him to have him destroyed.   Yet, because of Daniel's faithfulness there was nothing they could find fault with him ... until they noticed he would pray every day facing Jerusalem.   Daniel is eventually tossed into the Lion's den as a result of those prayers.  The above verse might have been the verse that Daniel hung his life onto as he opened the windows of his home each day and prayed toward the Temple.  God, in the next chapter, tells Solomon that He hears him and will grant his request.   So, Daniel believed, based upon God's promise, that such a prayer would bring blessing to his life.   Even in the lion's den and the hot breath of lions on his neck, Daniel believed the promises of God.   God's promises are true for any age.  We need to find them in God's word and hang onto them and live in light of them.