3 A KINGDOM PEOPLE BATTLE READY T H E P R A Y I N G C H U R C H

TEACH ME “Our Father Who is in heaven, Your name is holy (unrivalled and altogether separate). Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” Matthew 6 : 9-10

TEACH ME “gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal; For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Matthew 6 : 20-21

TEACH ME “seek (aim at and strive after) first of all, His kingdom and His righteousness and then all these things [you see as needs]will be given you (in the far reaching scope of His kingdom).” Matthew 6 : 33

TEACH ME “Allow the children to come to Me—do not forbid or prevent or hinder them—for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive and accept and welcome the kingdom of God like a little child [does with implicit faith], positively shall not enter it at all.” MaRK 10 : 14 - 15

WHAT IS HAPPENING JESUS JESUS Mercy Judgment SIN SATAN DEATH Destroy/ Undo/ Overcome Kingdom of God

He ushered in the reign of God… WHAT DID JESUS DO? He ushered in the reign of God… By opening a window of mercy that He might bring “many sons to glory” By reconciling us to the Father By leaving us His Holy Spirit By sending us out

3 The gospel of THE KINGDOM

What have we been sent with? GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM What have we been sent with? Word of salvation in the name of Jesus from sin, satan and death Spirit lead demonstration of God’s power, healing to the nations Enforcing through prayer, the will of God in every place till Jesus returns

GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM WE MUST GO! Jesus said … “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you….. And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. MattHEW 28:18, MattHEW 24:14

The gospel of the kingdom Simply put “the goodness of God’s rulership and will affecting this place”.

4 Dynamics in GOD’S KINGDOM

OUR FATHER’S WHOSE KINGDOM COME? At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Matthew 11: 25-27 OUR FATHER’S

WHOSE KINGDOM COME? No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. John 15: 15-16

LET YOUR WILL BE DONE Linear Chronological Time Eternal Kingdom Time 1 00B.C…. 1 A.D…...33 A.D…..2000 A.D……2015 A. ……..2017 A.D Linear Chronological Time (Gk) Chronos: Linear time of earth (Gk) Kairos: God Time- fullness of time, right time Eternal Kingdom Time

6 MY FATHER’S BUSINESS

DOING GOD’S WILL 1 Corinthians 3:7-9  So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.

DOING GOD’S WILL Don’t lose sight of God’s church- Rev 19 Not persuasion but demonstration – 1 Cor 2:4 Serve with joy and fervor – Col 3:23, Roman 12:11