The Lords Kingdom

No longer will there be any curse. The Throne of God and the lamb will be the city and his servants will serve him. They will see his face and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the Sun. For the Lord, God will give them light and they will reign forever and ever, you know? And that's what we are looking forward to in our lives. As that conclusion, that will lead us to Glory, but you know, God's kingdom is not just there. And we'll take a look at that today and see how we can influence that Kingdom for his sake. Prayer request, have won. Some of you remembered Jr. Morgan, and Brett who was injured several years ago in, in, in a accident that really took away his use of his legs. And so, they have flown down to to Panama. And the hope is that they are able to get through customs in all of that, and he's supposed to go through some type of a medical treatment that hopefully encourage is the restoration of his Legs to be able to walk. So we need to be in prayer for him. So, let's pray.

Grace's, father. We thank you that. We truly can gather before the throne of grace and see seek your face and your mercies and goodness, may it overflow in all the circumstances of Our Lives. For you, are the mighty one who does hold all things in your hand for your kingdom is wherever you are. And so, father, we praise you, and give you glory and thankfulness for your Mighty hand in each life hear father. We also pray that your your work would continue to go forward in our community of powers here. And we want to remember, you're working each of us as we draw closer to you day by day and your work in the lines of the people that are here in this community who do not know you as Lord and savior. They may even think that they are saved, but their hearts are not with you. And so father, we pray that you would touch those heart since you would open up their eyes to truly see their need for your Saving Grace, in their lives and father, if you desire to use us in that endeavor, father may you make our hearts open and usable to you. Lord. We do also want to pray for Jr, and brat in their travels. And then we pray for Brett as he goes through this treatment. Father, if this is your desire to restore his Mobility, we pray that you would touch him deeply in that these treatments would lead to that in his life. Father, most of all, we pray that his heart would yearn to walk closer to you with each and every day, that he would not be bitter in any way towards you for the circumstances of his life. But in some way, help them to draw him closer to you. Father, we also want to pray for those requests that people have today that are unspoken Unknown Known to most of us. But to them, it is a powerful hearts desire and we pray that your spirit would be working with them and through them to help them, understand your Mighty hand in those circumstances. We also pray that now as we proceed through the service, that your spirit would be alive in us as we Praise You In song in the worship of your word. And in the power, it brings to our hearts and lives. And we pray this, in your precious name. The name of our savior, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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Father in Heaven. How we thank you once again we can gather before you Lord, these are cherished moments that we have to come before you went to worship you. And to really listen to you from your word and all that you have for us to pray to you and seek you with our voices. Father, we pray that your spirit would be here in power and strength to touch each of our hearts that we all would be drawn closer to you, and recognized, your Mighty hand in all that we do. And father, truly touch me. That I would be humbled before you and is I open my mouth. I would truly be speaking. What you have laid upon my heart to speak? Thank you Father. In Jesus precious name. Amen. What? We've been working through Psalm 103 and the theme was, it's all about the Lord. And we looked at the praising, the Lord, and that was exciting. And then we looked at knowing the Lord and work, including the day, with the Lord's Kingdom and The Lord's Kingdom contains both those things that that those are a part of the kingdom of the Living God. And I thought I'd start off by taking a look, back in history to the rising of the British Empire. Think about the British Empire, little bit, this little tiny country spread across the entire world and conquered or took hold of Lanza from Egypt to South Africa to Asia, which is Zimbabwe to India. China to Australia, New Zealand, they spread and Canada. They spread clear across the world and it was controlled by this little nation in North Western Europe. Imagine that that they truly controlled things across the globe as they say, the Sun never set on the British Empire. It, it does spread all around but it was controlled by that little country, that is in Europe. And sometimes, when we think about God and the kingdom of God, we tend to focus on just the kingdom. And as we can't see the Kingdom. So we have no idea of how big it is or what it looks like or anything. But that Kingdom isn't just God's kingdom. That that little Heaven, that we think about her that you Javon, that we think about is, is not just where God controls, it's like the British Empire, God controls everything. It's not just heaven. When we think about the kingdom of the Living, God, it's all that he created and he has a hand in all of that. And we need to recognize that because sometimes in life, it seems like the world is overwhelming us but it truly can't overwhelm us. As long as we keep our eyes and our focus on the king of kings and Lord of lords, and his Royal throne in in heaven. But also here on this Earth. Because if you have truly become a child of the Living, God, he is actually living in you as well. And you are part of that Kingdom. Even as you experienced it here on this Earth and look forward to that wonderful experience that we will have him glory forever and ever. All eternity. So anyway, let's take a look at some 103. And what it has to say, a little bit about the kingdom and kind of delve into that a little bit will read Psalm 103 verse 19. The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. He's established his throne in heaven. That's where worship of the Living God is continuous. It never changes. There is a worship going on of the Living God continually but it says The kingdom rules over all of us. In other words, his kingdom touches every part of life. Every part of life. And sometimes we kind of think it's this tiny thing that influences just me and, and how I operate in the world but he is involved in all of those things of the world, the kingdom is there, and we need to recognize that. Isaiah speaks about this and he says, what God has to say to him in Isaiah, 66, verses 1 and 2. This is what the Lord says Heaven is my Throne. Okay, I rule from there and Earth is my footstool, Earth is my footstool, where is the house that you will build for me? Where is my resting place is not my hand made all these things. And so they came into being declares the Lord. Now, think about this is anyting that God hasn't created. Is there anything that God hasn't created? Even the angels in heaven are created beings?

Even those demonic creatures that rebelled against the Lord and were cast out of Glory. He created them. He created all things and everything that God has created is subject to him. They can't do anything. Apart from him, allowing it to happen.

And we struggle in this world sometimes, but it's not because God is allow. It is a making those struggles. It's because he's allowed us to battle so that we can understand his work is Mercy and his grace and his love for us in those things. And all those things. So his kingdom is like the British Empire and maybe ruled from one place but it spreads throughout everything. It's much greater than the Empire. Jesus also spoken The Sermon on the Mount and he really is kind of following in line with Isaiah. And what he says he says, what I tell you. Are Matthew, 5:34 and 5, but I tell you, do not swear. And I know that all either by heaven for it is God's Throne, or by the Earth for it is his footstool or he adds or by Jerusalem for his city of the great king. Jerusalem. The city of the great king where he says he will rule from

God proclaims it he is the ruler of all these things that we need to recognize that certainly. He is recognized in glory and it is for all the time that he is a ruler. Remember, as the Creator God there is nothing that existed he hasn't called into existence and it is there because of his will and his desire to have it there. For whatever reason, it's his choice. So I'm 20 to 27 and 8 says, all the ends of the Earth will remember and turn to the Lord and all the families of the Nations will bow down before him for Dominion, Belongs to the Lord and He rules over all nations rules over all nations. We talked about Jonah today and Sunday school, and we talked about Jonah and having to go and just speak to the Assyrian in the Syrian capital in and tell them that God was bringing judgment on them. You know, and we look at these nations that rise up in our world and they seem so violent and ready to slaughter and kill. Are they truly in God's hands? Well the the nation of Assyria was in God's hand and ultimately he brought it into them but he also was able to bring them to Redemption through the voice of Jonah, the prophet and so God does rule over all the nations and even in our work. Today, we somehow think that some Nations have separated themselves from God and he doesn't have any influence there at all and that is not true. God is ruler Over All Nations, and we need to trust him in what he is doing in our world today because he does rule all those any rules each and everyone of us. For we are his children. When we have truly called upon the name of Jesus Christ, to be our Lord and savior, we have become his children. And we will worship him as it said in revelation, 22 5 that we read earlier. There will be no more night. There will be no no no there will not, they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the Sun. For the Lord, God will give them life and they will reign forever and ever lets talk about you. And I, those who have trusted in Jesus Christ, we will reign with the Living, God forever and ever. And his light will spread over us and never depart from us.

that is something we look forward to, but It doesn't change where we are today that we still have an obligation to the Living. God, we still have an obligation to reach out to, to worship him, and I serve him in this line because it does make a difference in our lives. To come.

It also leads us to recognize that all of his creation does, praise him and will ultimately praise him. Let's read versus a 20 and 21. A it says, praise the Lord. You his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. Praise the Lord, all his Heavenly Host, praise the Lord, all his Heavenly hosts, God wants us. Wants us to praise him in the reason that the Angels were created, were to do his bidding but also want to be involved in his praise and who he is. And that's why heaven.

Is there is there the honoring Rick please? Please God to praise His name and that's what the Angels get to do. You know the Bible tells us in Revelation that the Angels come ten thousand times and Thousand Angels will come and works out to a hundred million Angels edited are the minimum amount that may just be a number that declares there's lots of them but 10000 * 10000 a hundred million Angels there to do what to praise the Living God. But, you know, there's a little bit more to that, you know, there's some jokes that are actually, they are to do that all the time. Did you ever think about that? But some angels were created to continually stand before the throne of grace praising the Living. God we see a picture of that and Isaiah chapter 6 Isaiah's being called to to minister for the Lord and he has this vision of God in his Temple and he's surrounded by the Angels called seraphim. And these angels have six wings and eyes. They are they have two wings that cover their eyes into the cover, their their feet and two that they fly with. And all that they do is praise the Living God. That's what they do. Continually and it says in verse in verse says three it says and they were calling to one another holy holy holy is the Lord Almighty. The whole earth is full of his glory. The whole earth is full of his glory. You're praising God and praising him. God they do fit in heaven but they also praised him as he does his work on this Earth. Does that sound boring to you? I don't think so. I think that being in the midst of the Living God and feeling is Glory, spread through your life, is an incredible difference. There are times in life, God gives us that sent when we come before him, Tripoli seeking him, sometimes in the tragedy of life and you see God and you just say, you know, I trust in you through all of this and somehow he spreads his glory on you you and you just feel that incredible lifting of your heart and your spirit and you don't want to leave. That place. And so it draws you into greater and greater prayer because you're trying to hold on to that relationship and eventually you have to give up that prayer, but that's where you long to be. If you've ever had that feeling, you know what it is like to be in the presence of the Living, God and how he draws, you closer and closer to him with power and strength. And I don't think you could ask those angels to leave him because they never would Because they feel is present our in their lives. And that's the way we ought to be and will be someday. We will feel that continual power running through us all the time. You know it's just momentary here on this Earth but there are pictures of it and it is wonderful. It is powerful. In heaven. Psalm 148 2, says praise him. All his angels, praise him. All his, Heavenly hosts. In other words, everything in heaven. We know there's angels. We don't know what else is up there but it's called to praise the Living God And something that were called to do. Remember the first part of Psalm 103 praise the Lord Remember 6 times in this book, it says praise the Lord. Where we need to be praising God and seeking in that glorious. Also on the earth, remember that the coming of Jesus, the Christ in the Shepherds out in the field and and they are at taking care of the sheep and it's night time and all of a sudden an angel appears before them proclaims, the Living God and then it goes on. And it says in Luke 2 verses 13 and 14. Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel praising. God, and saying, glory to God in the highest on Earth, peace to those. Whom his favor rests Praising God. Happens. In heaven happens here on this Earth and it ought to happen with you. And I It's a recognition, the Angels recognized the power of the Living. God, they don't have any thing that puts up a blocking their way. There's no sin in their lives, that hinders that powerful relationship with the Living God. So they walk in the power in the strength of the Living God. And so, they know him and have seen his magic and not magic, his wonder, and his power. Scuse me, that was horrible. They recognized the book of Jobe. We see this job and his friends have been dialoguing, 435 chapters of this book. And finally God comes to Jonah at a job in the he says a number of words but he gets the job 38 and versus 6 in the 70s says on what were its footing set in other words? How did it come to be, or who laid its Cornerstone while the morning Stars sang together and all the Angels shouted for joy? They were excited about what God Did, You Know? Evan is going to be a great place and it's going to but it's going to be a place where we get to worship the Living God continually continually, but it's not just Heaven. It's here on this Earth as well. And so finishing off the psalm 103 verses 2021b through 22, you his servants who do his will, that's all of you who have called upon his name. You his servant to do. His will praise the Lord. All his works everywhere in his Dominion. Praise the Lord. Oh my soul. Praise the Lord. Oh my soul.

You know, there is a goal that each and every one of us have. The goal is to get to the end following the Living God and see the glory of Heaven awake. My My mother-in-law last Sunday I got to go see the Lori and she's taking the joy of heaven right now what a great experience and what a piece. It gives to us who know that the life of somebody who is truly follow the Living God and is gone to be with him. One of these days we'll get to see Mom and Dad and that'll be joy for us as well as a Lord. But that's the Finish Line. We have work to do, going to the Finish Line, 2nd, Peter 3:13 talks about the finish line. And it says, but in keeping with his promise, we are looking forward to a new Heaven and a new Earth where righteousness dwells, that's the new Heaven and new earth and God is creating for you. And for me, you see the old heaven in the old Earth are going to be consumed by a raging fire that will total To destroy it and we have a new Heaven and a new Earth to look forward to. But in the meantime we have work to do and that work is to look to the Mighty God. Psalm 149 4 and 5 says for the Lord takes Delight. In his people. He crowns The Humble With Victory. Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for Joy on their beds.

Continue. Continual singing and rejoicing of the Living God that's our call. You know, we look forward to the kingdom but we have a job to do now because that kingdom is dwelling and you and Anna We all have the kingdom within us when we have called Upon Jesus Christ. And we are to rejoice in that Kingdom continually

but it's not just you and I it's all created things, you know, the Bible says of times that's creation ever since of God's Mighty hand, Jesus was going into Jerusalem for the last time. and, And and the people were shouting and cheering and the Pharisees were kind of upset about this. And they went to Jesus said, stop at people from doing this. Here's what Jesus said to them. Look for 1940. I tell you, he replied if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.

Don't swerve, been fun for them to keep quiet and hear those stones. I don't know what they would have said, how they would have shouted, but when that have been interesting to hear the Stone's crying out, because mankind was quiet. But praise the Lord, mankind, shouted and cheered. And hopefully, we will as well. It's all of creation that truly looks forward to the coming. Imagine a creation that was made absolutely perfect by the Living. God remember that after God created everything, he looked up, they said That is good. In other words, it's watches, it's perfect. I made a perfect creation. And then mankind sin and that perfect creation, begin began to be corrupted more and more imaginative. That creation wanting something different in Romans 8, 22. It says we know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the Pains of childbirth, right up to the present time. Creation drawing. Not just mankind, but creation is grown mankind is, wanted the coming of Messiah. Remember the Jews were looking forward to that Messiah, coming and ruling the world and he will someday. Recreation was also groaning for the coming because the coming of Christ been that Redemption was on its way. And something new was coming. There is a desire to be restored and define perfection, even in creation you and I want it, I'm sure the creation wants it too. And it wants to be perfected once again through the work of the Living, God as he makes that new kingdom but it's a call to you and to myself. That we live a life that God wants us to live. We live a life that really looks to the Living God to guide each and every one of our steps and then we praise Him continually Good times are bad times. It doesn't matter. In fact, when there's bad times struggles times and we continue to praise him. That's when God truly pours out his richness into our lives. So let's remember that as we go on, we're here for a reason. God didn't just take us home after. We came to know him as Lord and Savior, but he has something special for each of us to do as we live our lives here on this Earth. And that is to look to him, the honor him and everything that we do. And to praise His name continually Let's pray. Grace's Father in heaven and we thank you that you are truly the light. That has blossomed in our lives and shines mightily. As we open our lives in our hearts to the world that is around us to walk. As you've called us to walk, may we be vessels that are broken and cracked to reveal the great greatness that lives within us to show the world that we truly are the people. They have received the grace and mercy that you chose to give us. May you bless us richly in this? Oh Lord Our God in Jesus name. Amen.

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How we call upon you the pour out your blessing on those of us who truly walk in your life. That we would reveal that precious lie to a world that is in desperate. Need go with us. Now as we step out and honor you With each step of Our Lives. We ask this in the precious and Powerful name of our Lord, Our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

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