January 15, 2004
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Friends…
I would like to share a little scripture with you all from Matthew 6:5-13
“And now about prayer. When you pray, don’t be like the hyprocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I assure you, that is all the reward they will ever get. But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to you Father secretly. Then you Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you. When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered only by repeating their words again and again. Don’t be like them, because your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him! Pray like this:
Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored. May you Kindom come soon. May you will be done here on earth, just as it is in heaven. Give us our food for today, and forgive us our sins, just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us. And don’t let us yield to tempation, but deliver us from the evil one.”
Such words I find so powerful and compelling. Urbana folks know whats up but the most interesting part of that prayer is You Kingdom come you will be done as earth as it is in heaven. I have yet more to learn in my faith with Jesus Christ but I truly did not understand the meaning of Your Kingdom come your will be done as earth as it is in heaven until Urbana came along. All my life I have heard that from pastors, my father, adult leaders and from the word of God myself but I always listened and looked at it passively in my life. If you look at “your kingdom come your will be done as earth as it is in heaven” it seems pretty self explanitory from a Christian’s perspective. I came to a revelation in my own walk that God’s kingdom is now, not tommmorrow not when I get a job and settle down and become all secure but it is now. Let His kingdom come and His will be done, in your lives today – Lisa Chinn.
You may ask, how do you not understand that, well its simple for me, I have no idea. The Lord works in crazy ways and I finally understand that truly for the first time in my life. The Havest is plenty and the workers are few. God’s Kingdom is here just as it is in heaven. We are His kingdom builders He has called upon. Lets embark on this journey of faith together. We are a family, the body of Christ. Thats right, one huge family. Let us pray for and encourage one another and challege ourselves to get passed all those surface conversations and dig deeper into the lives of people.
“He lives in Me…only 7 days ago, I let go, all my life, yes, I give it all, I let go, of all I used to do and give it all away. You want to know the differences btw. us….you got to know the one who lives in me…” – Kutless
