Jesus taught us to pray “Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done on earth as it is in heaven”
The kingdom of heaven is of primary importance, what happens on earth is important but is secondary.
How does that work out in practice:1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the...
másJesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the person in charge of the banquet.’ So they took it. When the person in charge tasted the water that had become wine and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), that person called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ John 2:7–10
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The wedding feast in Cana is...13 Jesus went to celebrate God’s gift of freedom (in the feast of Passover) at the place set aside for worship (the temple).
14 Instead of being a place which focused on God and His gifts, the temple was a place focussed on things to be bought and sold.
15-17 Jesus drove out those whose primary concern was money saying “Stop turning my Father’s house into a market”Summary:
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...1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
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másHeavenly Father, please make me aware of the signs that point me to you, and then give me grace to be changed from above so that I may see the kingdom of God.
1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
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3...4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions – it is by grace you have been saved. (Ephesians 2:4-5)
3 Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again (John 3:3)
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másHeavenly father, please give me grace today to pay attention to the things of the spirit, as well as paying attention to the things of the flesh. May the wind of the spirit blow in my life.
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, if anyone is not born from above they are not able to see the kingdom of God”
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4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
5 ...Heavenly Father give me the humility to admit that I don’t understand things, particularly if I ought to know them by now.
Jesus said 7 “”You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c]must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of...
másHeavenly Father, whenever I see the effects of humanity’s inhumanity and I seek to condemn, turn my eyes to your one and only Son, so that I believe that you are present in the very worst situations seeking to save people from destruction.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[f] 15 that everyone who...
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