Comments on: Lord’s Prayer, Part 2 http://christchurchfw.org/2010/01/lords-prayer-part-2/ A Christian community in Fort Wayne, Indiana, seeking to join with God in the renewal of all things Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:36:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Coker http://christchurchfw.org/2010/01/lords-prayer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Jason Coker Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:20:45 +0000 http://christchurchfw.org/?p=798#comment-215 Very well said Mervin! I think such prayers are part of God helping us to act, partly by getting us to engage our imaginations in the task of seeing. When we thoughtfully pray, "Your Kingdom come your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" it requires us to imagine what they can, does, and doesn't look like. If you can't see it, you can't do it. Very well said Mervin!

I think such prayers are part of God helping us to act, partly by getting us to engage our imaginations in the task of seeing. When we thoughtfully pray, “Your Kingdom come your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” it requires us to imagine what they can, does, and doesn’t look like. If you can’t see it, you can’t do it.

]]> By: Mervin http://christchurchfw.org/2010/01/lords-prayer-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Mervin Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:38:36 +0000 http://christchurchfw.org/?p=798#comment-212 It's been said that God's will is very simple: love God and love your neighbor. If so, then the key to bringing God's kingdom to bear is to continually ask myself, "How can I do God's will in this particular situation? Are my actions showing how much I love God? Are my actions demonstrating love to my neighbor." Easy to say; not so easy to live out. So, maybe the prayer is not to get God to act, but rather to ask for His help so that I can act. It’s been said that God’s will is very simple: love God and love your neighbor. If so, then the key to bringing God’s kingdom to bear is to continually ask myself, “How can I do God’s will in this particular situation? Are my actions showing how much I love God? Are my actions demonstrating love to my neighbor.” Easy to say; not so easy to live out. So, maybe the prayer is not to get God to act, but rather to ask for His help so that I can act.

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