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Your Kingdom Come Have you ever found yourself excitedly waiting for something to happen? Maybe it’s a fun trip that you have planned, or a holiday, or a birthday? What- ever it is, the days can’t seem to go by fast enough as your anticipation just rises and falls with each day. Why can’t it come yet? When will it be here? Those times of waiting definitely aren’t always the most enjoyable, but in many cases the wait ends up being so worth it. This week, we continue in our sermon series on The Lord’s Prayer, and we come to the Second Petition where we pray, “Your Kingdom Come.” Now, I don’t know if you’ve thought much about God’s Kingdom. That word “kingdom” probably isn’t one that we spend too much time using or thinking about as the idea of a kingdom might sound more archaic than modern to most. But this kingdom that we are talking about is this kingdom of grace that is alive in the hearts and lives of those who follow Jesus, and it is the physical place where those who are saved will live and be forever with God in heaven. So, when we pray for His Kingdom to come, what are we praying for? God’s coming Kingdom doesn’t need or depend on our prayers for it to come, it is coming regardless of that. Rather, when we pray this petition, we are praying that God’s Kingdom would not only come, but that it would come to us. Volume 11 | September 29, 2021 | Issue 39 view from the hill weekly newsletter of Oak Hill Church connecting lives in grace & truth Do you have a prayer request or something you would like us to pray for as a church? Let us know and we will send it out to everyone to cover your request in prayer. PRAYER REQUEST PRAYING for Missed last Sunday’s message? WATCH LISTEN We are praying that we would be filled with His grace and be received as a member of this Kingdom. We pray that God’s Kingdom would come to others as well, our friends, family members, and people throughout the world. We are also praying for it to come quickly; that Jesus’ return would come soon so that all things would be made right and good and perfect. As we live as people living in a fallen world, this petition should carry with it both an appreciation and an urgency. We are longing for God’s Kingdom to come because it is our true home. We also live in thanksgiving for the opportunity we have to enter His Kingdom by His grace and mercy to us. And we also live as representatives of this Kingdom that helps point others to our loving Heavenly Father whose invitation extends to everyone. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. May Your Kingdom come (to us and to the world)! Amen! Pastor Ben 6:00pm Supper@Six 6:00pm Praise Team Rehearsal 6:30pm LittleLites/KidZone (ages 2 yrs old thru 6th grade) 6:30pm Confirmation 6:30pm Women in the Word Bible Study MID WEEK @ OAK HILL
