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The Lord’s Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come

Scripture: Matthew 6:10 (NRSV)

Each time we pray Thy kingdom come, we’re reminded that God’s kingdom is not a purely heavenly kingdom. Christians don’t ask to flee earth to go to heaven. We ask for a little bit of heaven to come to earth. We care about what goes on here. We long for heaven and earth to become integrated and re-united—the New Jerusalem to descend from heaven to earth, as Revelation describes. Rather than evacuating or avoiding the earth, we ask God to enter the world—redeeming it, blessing it, healing it. But our prayer is not just for God to do this. Our prayer is also for God to do this through us. May God’s kingdom come—in us and through us.

 

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