Friday, September 29, 2017

Kingdom Come!


When I was in grade school we started daily with the Lord's  prayer, led by the teacher. I have it memorized by the continual repetition but now I realize how important that prayer is! 
     Think about this scripture, "Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven." from Matthew 18:18.
     Focus on the part about whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven. Stay with me for just a bit, this point is quickly made!
     In the Lord's prayer, we ask for God's kingdom to come, for His will to be done, on earth! as it is in heaven! That is really a big thing, think about it? We all are anxious to go to heaven, but Jesus told us we can pray for it to come here! 
     That is point 1, but now for point 2, when I was a child in grade school praying this, there were millions of school children praying that very thing daily! and our country was much more stable with less violence and strife, less division. What if the prayers of millions of children were bringing God's kingdom to our world?
     Now, what if we all started praying this every morning or evening? Yes, it has been removed from schools, but we can bring it into our world, our families can pray it, our churches can pray it. We think we have to be prayer experts to say the right things but Jesus gave us the perfect prayer, speak the words out loud and listen to the words as you speak them to your Heavenly Father, put your heart into them and watch Him change the very atmosphere where you walk. 
     So yes Lord, I do come to you and join the body of believers saying~  
‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
‘Give us this day our daily bread.‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’ Matthew 6:9-13

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