Prayer 06 - Your kingdom come

A series of meditations on prayer

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The 1st Medetation Prayer 01 - Why should a believer pray?

The Previous Medetation: Prayer 05 -Our Father in heaven

The next Meditation: Prayer 07 -  Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven

Prayer 06

Your kingdom come.

Mark 1 v 14 & 15 HCSB

After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news of God: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!”

 The kingdom of God is a subject on which many books have been written. John Bright says the following about it: "For the concept of the Kingdom of God involves, in a real sense, the total message of the Bible."

 The kingdom of God refers to God's rule over all creation and mankind and it proclaims God's grace and the good news of his salvation in Jesus Christ from the rule of sin in people's lives.

 In this prayer we ask four things:

1. Submission of ourselves to God's rule

The coming of the Kingdom begins with ourselves and therefore we must pray that God will rule us in such a way through His Word and Spirit that we will submit to Him more and more.

2. Preservation and building up of Jesus' bridal church

Remember, every believer is one of the living building blocks of Jesus' church. In this prayer, therefore, there is also a sigh, namely: preserve Your church against its enemies (that is, our own sinful nature, the world and the attacks of satan) and let it grow through the proclamation of the gospel.

3. Casting down all enemy forces

With this prayer we therefore also specifically ask that God will destroy the works of the devil (that is, the great adversary of God who fights against Him and His Church with deceit and lies) as well as every power that rises up against God.

Furthermore, it also asks that God destroy all malicious plans against His holy Word, for example, its rejection and falsification.

4. The dawn of the state of perfection

It is also our sigh and longing for the perfect state of glory at the consummation.

 With this prayer we pray that our Father will subject us and also all the evil forces to his rule and that he will bring the state of perfection over the church and universe.

 Amen

 The following video explains this in a practical way, where Wayne Cordeiro explains why he would rather pray that the church that is free from persecution should become like the church in China than that he would pray that the church in China should be 'free' like other churches that are not persecuted.