Pastor Cheri
PRAYER
Thank you Lord for your Word coming to us today, we are ready to receive every blessing coming with it. Our spirits are open to grasp all the Word brings to us today. We yield ourselves to be taught by the Word even now, in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen.
Praise the Lord!
Have you been having a great time? I'm sure your answer is yes!
The Word can give you the best kind of life, it can stand you out and bring you to corridors of honour! Hallelujah!
You can trust and depend on the Word, it has the ability to make you what it talks about. Hallelujah!
Many have found themselves praying dumb prayers which are not in line with what the Bible has said.
They may have heard such prayers down the line and therefore, taught it wise to continue in that direction.
You have to find out things for yourself from the Word. Get to know the Word for yourself so you can function correctly as a child of God.
In Matthew 6:9-13, Jesus taught His disciples to pray. It says,
"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
This is what people have called, the Lord’s prayer. This is a format for prayer given by Jesus to His disciples to help them know how to pray, when they wanted to.
Our point of emphasis is on verse 10 which says,
"Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."
He taught them to pray in expectation of the coming Kingdom of God, because He was yet to be crucified and the world would be dominated by another kingdom, the kingdom of darkness.
So he had to die first and resurrect with a new authority to the Kingdom of God. He would have defeated the devil and the Kingdom of darkness, so He can put things in their proper places.
This is exactly what happened, He was crucified and died, descended into hell and defeated the devil and His cohorts and took back the authority from the kingdom of darkness. So anyone who believes in Jesus today, doesn't have the kingdom of darkness dominating him on her. Praise the Lord!
After Jesus' death, burial and resurrection, He met His disciples with a new message. We find this in Matthew 28:18-19. It says,
"And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:"
All authority in this world is vested on Jesus and He has given us that authority as representatives of His Kingdom. When He defeated the devil, we defeated the devil in Him. He resurrected and made us representatives of His Kingdom. You are to therefore manifest His Kingdom to the world for His Kingdom is within you.
If you are born again you have become the carrier of the Kingdom of God. Jesus said in Luke 17:20-21,
"And when He was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, He answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."
There is no need to pray for the Kingdom to come anymore. That prayer has been answered in us, the new creation.
When you arrive any place, the Kingdom of God arrives there too because you are His living temple.
"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?"
1 Corinthians 3:16
He has made you His abode, His headquarters, He is now living in you. Hallelujah! John 14:23 says
"Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, He will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."
This means, if you love God, He has set up His headquarters in your heart. Amazing!
You are a kingdom-carrier, you've been given the highest authority in the whole earth. Don’t allow the devil run things around you. Your authority is in the Name of Jesus. Put a stop to all the negativities around you, super-impose peace, righteousness, love, joy, prosperity and health around you.
Carry the divine presence and effulgence of God everywhere you go, dispelling the forces of darkness and super-imposing the principles of God’s Kingdom in your world. Fulfil God's will today and dominate your world to His glory.
Lift up your hands and worship the Lord, thank Him.
