Stay with me through this first part.
Our creator, who is some place, even if we aren't sure where it is, hallowed, holy, and blessed be whichever name you are known by to each one that knows you.
May your kingdom come and your will be done on Earth -- as it is done wherever you exist.
Please give us our bread for today and feed our spirits with your Love.
Forgive our mistakes and our outright hurtful behaviors, and help us learn to forgive ourselves, as well as those who have hurt us with their mistakes and errors. Help us learn to do better.
Don't let us be led into temptation, but protect us and guide us away from evil.
All of creation is yours. All of the power is yours. All of the glory is yours, forever and ever.
So be it!
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Matthew 6: 9 - 13
Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever.
Amen.
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Matthew 6: 10
"Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in Earth as it is in heaven."
It came to me one day, that we were doing more than praying when we say these words. We are asking a favor; Making a request of the Divine love.
May your kingdom come and your will be done on Earth -- as it is done wherever you exist.
And I wondered, how is this supposed to happen? Were we expecting him to just, - Poof!- make it so?
I realized that where even one stands who hears the Divine voice, and who walks as their heart is guided by the Divine love, they are creating and holding a piece of his kingdom here on Earth.
May your kingdom come and your will be done on Earth -- is a request.
For his kingdom to come here, he needs occupants. He needs us to participate with him. He needs leaders, he needs people to care about others, she (intentional, he, she, holy Spirit, genderless is my view of the Divine loving being ) people of wisdom, she needs women of thrifty ways, children filled with the spirit of joy, people of song and music and so many others and their talents. It's a kingdom, a place where we all live under glory and joy in love. It is a place where we have peace in our hearts and in our lives.
It has no boundaries, it has no geographical location, it lives only as long as we create it in our lives. And it grows as others join us.
It is not just one book and it is not just one way of believing. Anyone who believes in a loving Divine being, and believes that you do unto others as you wish they would do unto you, lovingly, is a member of that same kingdom.
You will know one another by the fruits of your spirits. Those that are creating harm and pain are not walking with the loving Divine being that I know is real.
Even those of the kingdom can hurt each other and cause pain, but it's normally unintentional. (I have many discussions with him about design flaws...)
A part of his Joy in being with us, is taking each thing we do and making it work for more love. You are his and when you know it, you understand that he is always with you. He knows your heart and that you are doing your best, even when you feel it's not your best.
I have had proof that even when I intentionally am trying to be bad, he will turn it around and make it good. I have seen it with my own eyes.
Here, in this world on this planet, I will say walk where your heart leads you. Walk in the truth of yourself and your beliefs. The Love is always with you.
You cannot do one thing to make the Divine loving being love you less, and you cannot do anything to make him love you more. Exactly the way you are walking, exactly the way you are living, if your heart is his, you are doing what he needs you to do here for his kingdom come on our Earth.
You are creating a piece of his kingdom here by the way you live your life, loving God.
When you have a decision to make the only real question is, "What is most loving for everyone involved?" The smartest way to find the answer, that I know of, is ask him in prayer first.
When I pray, I use the Lord's prayer in my own words and now I add, how may I help you? How can I resolve this situation? How can I help this person? Why should I try if nobody else cares? Whatever is on my heart, even writing this today, I asked, are these the words you want out there?
The Divine loving being reminds me, "Then be still".
Listen for the answer in your heart. To have a conversation with God, you have to give him a turn to speak. I had my answer. If I can, I should. It's up to him what he does with it. That's the Grace from walking with the Divine loving, living being. I do what I can, but he reminds me he can do anything.
If you can do something you feel is loving, you do it. If he asks you to do something, you do it. Then he does what is needed with it.
If you look up and say, "How may I help you?", you may find yourself in over your head very quickly. The Divine love is not slow to answer you.
Then comes the hard part. He's chosen you to help him on Earth. He has given you a conviction and a mission. You will quickly find it becoming difficult.
I'm on a mission from God. It has had no definition. I just know it's so. Where I see his kingdom becoming, I add my help as best I can.
I think all of Matthew 6, for those of you who use the Bible, would be a good chapter for you today.
America, God shed his grace on the and crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea. And may that Grace spread worldwide.
If you are working for his kingdom to come here on Earth, the words I have for you today are, "Stand your ground".
Wherever a believer stands is God's kingdom becoming on Earth. Stand God's ground!
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