Your will or God's?

"Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven."

                                                                                    Matthew 6:10.  NKJV

Jesus had been having a very in-depth discussion with His disciples on the subject of prayer. Out of this teaching, came The Lord's Prayer which we learnt all those years ago in school. It's a prayer that is often neglected in our free churches today but, is perhaps one of the most important to pray. If you have stopped praying this each day, change this and make this the main part of your time with Jesus.

One day Jesus will come to claim His church. By the state of the world at this time, it could be sooner than we think. Therefore we need to pray this in for when Jesus does come. We all need to be ready and have things in place in our lives and within the church itself. When I say the church, I don't mean the building, but the body - the people, themselves. We need to look inward and purge everything that should not be there.

We need to pray God's Word into this world of ours. Think about it this way, there are two kingdom ways in which we can travel: (1) The kingdom of self, where we rule, or (2) The kingdom of God, in which Christ rules. It is the second that we need to be attempting to achieve.

(1)  This kingdom is self-centred, it only wants things for its own pleasure and, will do all it can to attain this. It is a ME, ME, ME attitude one which the devil knows so well and the one that bought his downfall. It has very little thought for others - just a fleeting thought, because there is so much more that they can achieve instead of wasting time on things that can be checked on later. This was the attitude that the Prodigal Son had when he wandered off with his inheritance to a place which he thought would satisfy his needs. Fortunately, he came to his senses and travelled back in repentance to his father, and was received with open arms. Don't make this mistake yourself, you may not be so lucky.

(2)  This is the route to take, placing God in the driving seat and allowing Him to show the way you should go. If only world leaders could adopt the Word of God and throw themselves in repentance on the way of Jesus Christ. Of course, they may if we pray without ceasing.

Whatever you do, be sure to place Jesus in the driving seat and follow His rules. You can't go wrong if you do this. It's the way to go

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen
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