Life in the New Covenant, Part 23 - By Rick Joyner
The prayer that Jesus gave His disciples to pray, which has been prayed by His disciples for nearly two thousand years, is for His kingdom to come, and His will to be done, on earth as it is in heaven. We can be sure this prayer is going to be answered, and it is being answered in our time. This we can be sure about God’s kingdom—it will never shrink, and never stop growing. We are assured this in Isaiah 9:7: “There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this. ”The government of the Lord is His kingdom, but it is more than a government. His kingdom is His domain, where His authority is recognized and obeyed—where His will is done. If we are His disciples, His kingdom is growing in us as we learn of Him and behold His glory to become like Him. Wherever we go, we should be revealing His kingdom and extending His domain. Of this we can be sure: man’s governments will all shake and ultimately descend back into the dust from which they came, but God’s kingdom will never stop growing. ...
