IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HEART (2 OF 4)
by Lenny Ports
Scripture: Matthew 6:10
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It's All About the Heart (2 of 4)
Series: New Life Resolution
Lenny Ports
Matthew 6:10
Prayer. I have been coming to the church every morning to pray. My alarm is set for 6 am and OUCH it is painful! The coffee pot is set on the timer so it is waiting for me downstairs when I get up. Into the shower I go, get ready, and off to the church building. At first I was like I can't do this. Gerri and I stay up late to try to find some time to wind down and talk about our day and get some ''us'' time. So getting up that early is a DRUDGERY. But here is what I am learning:
The drudgery is actually a DISCIPLINE, and
The discipline becomes a DESIRE, and
The desire becomes a DELIGHT.
Why? Because when I get here and I begin to connect with God in prayer and meditating on His Word, my whole WORLD CHANGES, my perspective changes, my heart changes, and as a result my LIFE changes. Not only that, I am praying more than ever, but I am also getting more work done than I was before.
Jesus said in Matthew 6:10, ''Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.''
If Jesus taught us to pray this way, it means that there is a work that we are asking for God to perform. When Jesus said YOUR KINGDOM COME, what did He mean? Some believe it means when Jesus will set up His Kingdom on the earth in the millennial reign of 1000 years. That is true, because we are longing for that day that there is no more sin, no more sighing, no more mourning, but where righteousness and peace reign. But what about now? Was there a ''now'' element in that prayer? I believe the answer is YES. Because when we look into the scriptures to find what God says about the Kingdom, we see that Jesus spent the time between His resurrection and His ascension to talk to the disciples about it.
Here it is: Acts 1:1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spiri ...
Series: New Life Resolution
Lenny Ports
Matthew 6:10
Prayer. I have been coming to the church every morning to pray. My alarm is set for 6 am and OUCH it is painful! The coffee pot is set on the timer so it is waiting for me downstairs when I get up. Into the shower I go, get ready, and off to the church building. At first I was like I can't do this. Gerri and I stay up late to try to find some time to wind down and talk about our day and get some ''us'' time. So getting up that early is a DRUDGERY. But here is what I am learning:
The drudgery is actually a DISCIPLINE, and
The discipline becomes a DESIRE, and
The desire becomes a DELIGHT.
Why? Because when I get here and I begin to connect with God in prayer and meditating on His Word, my whole WORLD CHANGES, my perspective changes, my heart changes, and as a result my LIFE changes. Not only that, I am praying more than ever, but I am also getting more work done than I was before.
Jesus said in Matthew 6:10, ''Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.''
If Jesus taught us to pray this way, it means that there is a work that we are asking for God to perform. When Jesus said YOUR KINGDOM COME, what did He mean? Some believe it means when Jesus will set up His Kingdom on the earth in the millennial reign of 1000 years. That is true, because we are longing for that day that there is no more sin, no more sighing, no more mourning, but where righteousness and peace reign. But what about now? Was there a ''now'' element in that prayer? I believe the answer is YES. Because when we look into the scriptures to find what God says about the Kingdom, we see that Jesus spent the time between His resurrection and His ascension to talk to the disciples about it.
Here it is: Acts 1:1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spiri ...
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