Your Kingdom Come

Matthew 6:10

¹⁰ Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Isaiah 58:6-7

⁶"Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
⁷Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Are we bringing God's Kingdom to earth? Are we actively participating in the fast that God Almighty has chosen? I know personally I feel like I am contributing to an extent, but I want to be doing so much more. I want to see more fruit of the Spirit in my life.

This weekend I went to Jacksonville to spend some time with Jon it was really good. Sam came up all day Saturday too and then I spent Sunday afternoon in St. Augustine with Sam. It was an awesome weekend getting to hang out with great Christian brothers and learn about what God has been doing in their lives. The highlight of the weekend by far though was being able to feed and pray for these two homeless guys in St. Augustine with Sam. In life group we have been talking a lot about James and how he says specifically in chapter two to show no partiality and I've been praying that God will work on my heart and help me with that. And last week we discussed chapter four from Crazy Love which is called Profile Of The Lukewarm and I was praying like mad for opportunities to serve our Lord and people out of love. This weekend Sam and I were able to do just that and I praise the Lord for it.

Sam and I were just walking around downtown St. Augustine after eating lunch and Eddie and Danny asked us for some money and they were telling us that they were was starving. So we offered to get them food and they gladly accepted. Sam got them some burgers from Flagler's Student Center and I was able to talk them a little bit about what they were going through. Eddie has been out of work for seventeen years and Danny has only been in St. Augustine a couple of months since moving from California. My heart just broke for these two guys. Both of them were penniless, and then I remembered Jarah had given me twenty bucks for food for our Bible Study. I had made a promise to myself that I would use everything I got from that ministry to build up the kingdom of God, but I thought I had spent it all when I was in Jacksonville. I opened my wallet and I had still had two ten dollar bills, and right then I knew this money was not meant for me. After talking with them a little more I asked them for what they needed prayer for and they both said jobs. I really would like anyone who reads this to lift up Danny and Eddie in prayer. They both said they were Christians and they both seemed interested in the homeless church Sam is going to be help starting soon in St. Augustine. I'm not writing this to brag about my works, because it was not me acting but the Holy Spirit within me. We need to open our eyes our hearts should be breaking for all of these people. Please lift these two up in prayer and all the other homeless and starving people. Many of us in America have been blessed with an abundance let's give all that we have to help these people.

We need to be actively participating in bringing God's kingdom to earth, and I really hope and pray the Lord will give me more opportunities to give all that I have to these poor and hurting people. Let's be the revolution and love everyone like Christ. I pray that we will be ready at any moment to spread the good news and love of the gospel to people who need it. Let's not just pray for God's kingdom to come let's submit our lives to the Spirit and bring God's kingdom here now.

1 John 3:16

¹⁶By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.