(Senior Elder at Father's Heart Ministries and function as
an Apostle and Prophet to the Body of Christ globally)
INTRODUCTION
Matthew 6: 9-13
Prayer is not selfish, individualistic, or isolated attempts at changing God’s mind to serve my
individual, selfish needs in the earth.Kingdom prayer expresses heaven’s desire in the earth.
It is corporate, community activity. It is uttered from a perspective of ‘us’, ‘we’, and ‘our’, rather than ‘me’, ‘I’ and ‘my’
- Kingdom prayer serves the common good of all.
- True kingdom prayer is never selfish, it interacts, and activates God’s purpose for the
whole of humanity.
- Kingdom prayer is firstly God-ward, then man-ward.
- Kingdom prayer never expresses the wants and needs of man as foremost, but seeks to establish His dominion – His right and His centrality in the universe as supreme.
- Kingdom prayer is not so much the audible, correct vocabulary in outwardly expressing ourselves to God, but the alignment of our inner-selves with His nature – the aligning of our hearts with His.
In Matt.6:9-13, Jesus is laying down a divine pattern for exchange with, and accessing eternity.
"This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one." He lays down rules for:
- Earth interacting heaven
- Engaging the unseen, invisible realm – heaven
of how God’s mind is structured and which elements in our divine exchange will move Him in response.
This prayer becomes an interface between two realms – it suggests the technology and methodology for earth engaging heaven.
God’s desire is to always progressively move heaven (spirit) to earth (soul).
Heaven depicts the eternal realm and earth the temporal
“Your Kingdom come"
- The kingdom is the expression of His will, rule, order and government in the earth.
- The earth must be invaded with the rule and government of God.
- Heaven must impose its will and governing principles upon the earth.
- Our minds (earth) must be overwhelmed by the spirit (heaven)
- Only the values of heaven can transform the soul of man.
- Transformation of the soul is connected to the continual‘coming’ of the kingdom into the mind to possess and rule it.
- So, the governing principles of the heavens must shift the soul into conformity to the demands of the kingdom.
"This, then, is how you should pray"
here is the Greek word proseuchomai which means:
“Pray”
“to pray to God”
It embraces all that is included in the idea of prayer:
1. To ask
2. To thank
3. To make request for particular needs
4. To request
"Do not be quick (hasty, rash) with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything
before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few."
These verses describe a certain posture of spirit and mind in prayer.
These verses are not a reflection on a physical approach to God, but the inner disposition of our hearts when drawing near to God.
In “the Lord’s prayer”, Jesus is disclosing what our inner attitude should be when we come to God in prayer.
“Do not be quick with your mouth; do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God”
A prerequisite then for prayer is to “guard” the mouth and heart during prayer!
The word “guard” is the Hebrew word Samar which is first mentioned in Gen.2:15 where it relates to tending a garden, while it also carries the following meanings:
To guard a flock
To preserve
To protect
To watch as a watchman of sheep, or cattle
All these meanings suggest that when we approach God in prayer that the inner attitude of our hearts not stray as sheep off course, or our imagination runs wild like cattle unprotected from the enemy!
In other words:
“put a watchman over your attitude and mentality"
when you pray.
Do not stray into arrogance and self-righteous expressions in prayer.
Prov.4:23
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life”
- We should guard our hearts as a soldier guards the city gates.
- Watch over your affections to prevent an invasion of foreign values when you pray.
- The word “guard” also means to maintain alertness and discipline as a
soldier guarding over a castle to protect the king within.
- The heart is the source of all that you speak. Matt.12:34-35.
Thank you for visiting my Blog, please be on the look out for Kingdom Prayer - Part 2
Mark KhanLife Coach / Inter-Networker
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Father's Heart Ministries mission can be summarized as follows:
Equalizing the Church, Advancing the Kingdom, impacting the Nations.
Shaun Blignaut
is Senior Elder and function as an Apostle and Prophet to the Body of Christ.
Father's Heart Ministries
is an Apostolic Reforming Congregation, based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
"Our desire is to teach, train, challenge, warn and activate the Church to reconnect the Centrality of Christ and His Kingdom."
http://www.fathersheartministries.co.za/is Senior Elder and function as an Apostle and Prophet to the Body of Christ.
Father's Heart Ministries
is an Apostolic Reforming Congregation, based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
"Our desire is to teach, train, challenge, warn and activate the Church to reconnect the Centrality of Christ and His Kingdom."
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