“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10)
God, make up there come down here. It can happen.
Every time you are in conflict with someone, want to hurt them, gossip about them, or avoid them, but instead go to them and seek reconciliation and forgiveness… the Kingdom is breaking into this world.
Every time you have a chunk of money and decide to give sacrificially to somebody who is hungry or homeless or poor… the Kingdom is breaking into this world.
Anytime someone has an addiction and wants to partner with God so much that they're willing to stop hiding, acknowledge the truth, and get help from a loving community… the Kingdom is breaking into this world.
Every time a workaholic parent decides to stop idolizing their job, rearranges their life to begin to love and care for the little children entrusted to them… the Kingdom is breaking into this world.
Every time you love, every time you include someone who's lonely, every time you encourage someone who's defeated, every time you challenge somebody who's wandering off the path, every time you serve the under-resourced of the world… it is a sign that the Kingdom is once more breaking into this world.
-- John Ortberg in “God Is Closer
Than You Think”
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