Saturday

I've been under the weather, so to speak, this week. A victim of the "Rapha Creepin' Crud".
I was able to get home early yesterday and rest, so this morning I'm feeling a lot  better.
Church tonight.
Due to my frog-voice ( or lack of) Debbie Handy will be leading worship. It is always a treat when Debbie leads. She brings a voice of hope and encouragement to the songs.
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"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."-----Matthew 6:10

This verse has come to mean more to me over the years, as God has shown me the power in the words. As it is a prayer, we are asking God to bring down here His rule and reign of the Kingdom.
To intervene in our time and space with His authority and power. To come and undo and destroy the works of the devil.

To often, people fall prey to the notion that this world is beyond help. Or that evil has risen to such height and power, we are beyond the reach of God. How foolish to think such things. People will say, "Well, where is God? If He cares so much, why does evil seem to flourish?" Truth be known, they can't see the goodness of God or the "miracles" that he accomplishes every day. Things that are happening around them that God is bringing forth, are not detected because of their spiritual blindness.  We had a case where one of the men at Rapha received a call that something had happened to his dad. They were, at that moment, racing him to the hospital. His dad was not responding in a lucid way, was talking foolish and was not doing well. The guy asked me if we could pray for his dad. We did. In fact one of the things we prayed for was that there would be a complete healing and the doctors would not be able to find anything wrong with the dad. 

Few hours later, another phone call.  Dad was fine. Doctors found nothing. They were going to keep him for a while under observation. God healed this man. You talk about a faith builder for the man at Rapha! He was so jazzed. "God is real....isn't He? God truly does answer prayer...doesn't He?" The power and rule of God in heaven, had been brought to earth and healed this man. It has been 5 days and the dad is back home doing well. Thank you God!

So the next time you pray...
Thy Kingdom come....
Thy will be done....
On earth...
As it is in heaven......
Believe it!

God on you....
mb