A Kingdom prayer

Jesus prayer teaches us so much.

1) "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Your name"
An airplane over Soweto or a view of the satellite in Canada reminds me that all the complexities of both machines to our naked eye seem like nothing as we look up.  They are so small compared to God's universe.  Even the most brilliant mind, with all the technology we have still doesn't know all the prime numbers in the universe yet our God knows and is bigger than all of this. So let us respect and honour God.

2) "May Your Kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven"
This is a simple test. Are our neighbours, communities, families, and friends, seeing a touch of heaven here on earth because of what God is calling us to do? And do we have the faith to obey the next little thing He tells us to do?

3) "Give us today our daily bread"
In general, in the western world this prayer has already been answered but there are some kids who won't get food today because their parents drank the food money away and some senior who won't get fed because they can't feed themselves and.... are we sensitive to these needs?

4) "And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us"
The truth is we're all human. We all make mistakes.  It could be a bad assumption, it could be the sin of unbelief, it could be .... so help us to release our hurt and bitterness and allowed God to mold us into who He wants us to be so that He can continue to answer our prayer that "His Kingdom will come here on earth as it is in heaven"

5) "Lead us not into temptation"
Many advertisers want to lead us into temptation but the Lord of the universe wants to keep us away from it so if we really mean it; He'll help us.

6) "And deliver us from evil"
Satan doesn't want God's Kingdom on earth but God is bigger than the technology, our temptations etc and even if we can't stay away from evil on our own remember God wants to help; Jesus told us to pray this way.

7) "For Yours is the Kingdom, the power and the glory"
Not the Baptist's, not the Salvation Army, not the Catholics, not the Jews, not the Buddhists, not the Muslims, not the....but Yours; the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...the God who wants to bring heaven to earth, the God who wants us to grow His fruit of love, joy, peace, kindness, faithfulness, self control".  That God wants the power and the glory.  Galatians 5

Everything: $, sex, technology....everything, can be used for good and bad so let us use Jesus simple prayer to keep us on track.

Blessings.

Humility in the Kingdom

Philippians 2 amazes me. That Christ would leave everything to connect with us.  Yet He did. And He didn't even make the every day folks feel out of place.  What a blessing He is.