Praying for God's Plan Instead of Yours
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Praying for God's Plan Instead of Yours

B1IntermediateOctober 7, 20262 min
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  • Religion

When Jesus announces the Kingdom of God, he's not talking about heaven after you die. He's talking about God's way of doing things breaking into the here and now — and he's inviting you to be part of it.

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Now look, the kingdom of God is a big concept, but it really boils down to the simple idea.

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And so when we ask for his kingdom to come soon, we're not asking God for us to go to heaven.

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Instead of going to heaven after you die, what if you could go to heaven before you die? That's exactly what I think Jesus is inviting us into with what I think is actually the hardest line of the Lord's Prayer. Jesus helps us pray in Matthew 6 verse 10. He says this, may your kingdom come soon and may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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Now look, the kingdom of God is a big concept, but it really boils down to the simple idea. The kingdom of God is the place where all things are as God intended them to be. And so when we ask for his kingdom to come soon, we're not asking God for us to go to heaven. We're actually asking God to bring heaven to earth. And this is really like the first

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Christians believe this in their bones. They deeply believed that they were living the eternal life here today. Well, how do you do that? Well, the answer is right in the verse. Look, He says, may your kingdom come soon, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. And so it's really about doing His will. And that's the hardest part, right? We aren't submitting

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