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Praying for Lasting Change
David's prayer acknowledges that moments of spiritual passion and generosity can be temporary. Commentators agree that he is asking God to preserve this positive 'frame of mind' (Ellicott) and 'spirit of liberal giving' (Barnes) in the people's hearts forever. This teaches us to pray not just for momentary blessings, but for God to work lasting, permanent change in our character and devotion.
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1 Chronicles
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Chronicles 29:18
18th Century
Theologian
Keep this forever ... - that is, “Preserve forever this spirit of liberal and spontaneous giving in the hearts of Your people, and establish…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 29:18
19th Century
Bishop
Israel. — 1 Chronicles 29:10. (See Genesis 32:28, and Exodus 3:6.)
Keep this for ever in the imaginatio…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 29:18
17th Century
Pastor
O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers , &c:] The ancestors of the Jewish nation, whose covenant God th…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 29:10–19
17th Century
Minister
We cannot form a proper understanding of the magnificence of the temple and the buildings around it, in which such quantities of gold and silver we…