Thy Will Be Done…
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Telos: We pray because we sense a deep need in our faith for intimacy with our Creator.
The true power of prayer is communing with the purpose, power, and presence of kingdom of heaven.
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One illustration that modern Bible interpreters use to describe the mysterious already-but-not-yet nature of God’s reign is the distinction between “D-Day,” the operation whereby the Allied forces in World War II secured a foothold in France in 1944, and “V-E Day,” or “Victory in Europe Day,” which came some eleven months later when Nazi Germany offered its unconditional surrender.27 Historians looking back now recognize that the war was effectively won when the Allies landed on Normandy’s beaches. The D-Day invasion hearkened the end of the Nazi regime, even though the death camps kept running and many more lives of combatants and civilians alike were lost before Germany’s surrender in May of the following year.His kingdom is established as His will is being done. Thy Kingdom come-Thy will be done.
The Greek word that Mark and the other Gospel writers use to summarize Jesus’ message—basileia—is probably better translated with a word that indicates activity. A word like “rule,” “reign,” or even “kingship” is closer to the original meaning of basileia—which means that when Jesus says “the kingdom of God has come near,” He is proclaiming that God is asserting His rule in the world in and through Jesus’ ministry. Jesus is heralding the fact that God—like a king who has been abroad and absent from his native land—finally is returning to take back His throne.
“But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you” (Luke 11:20). Where you see people being delivered from oppression, in other words, there you see God’s reign in action. Jesus made His followers into emissaries of God’s saving rule; “he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal” (Luke 9:2). Where you see healing and the restoration of what sin and death have disfigured, there you see God’s kingship displayed.
Inspiration
9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
Revelation
We are not trying to convince God to do something He would not do.
We are not trying to convince God to do something He would not do.
Our prayers change us- Not God
Our prayers change us- Not God
I have a purpose and God has a plan!
I have a purpose and God has a plan!
Application
Thy will be done is the same prayer Jesus prayed in the Garden- Word for Word!
Thy will be done is the same prayer Jesus prayed in the Garden- Word for Word!
36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.”
37 And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”
39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
42 Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.”
44 So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
The Will of God will never lead us to where the Grace of God cannot keep us!
The Will of God will never lead us to where the Grace of God cannot keep us!
Transformation
As we live out His will for us and declare His will over our world, His Kingdom continues to be established.
As we live out His will for us and declare His will over our world, His Kingdom continues to be established.
14 When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him.
15 Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
16 for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
17 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves;
18 for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”
19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.
17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Communion- Submitting to His Plan
Special Music- Stevie Baylock
