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\nMuseum Park, Rotterdam – getting ready for spring<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Your Kingdom Come<\/h3>\n
May your Kingdom come soon.
\nMay your will be done here on earth,
\njust as it is in heaven.<\/em> <\/div>\n
Matthew 6:10<\/a><\/div>\n

 
\n 
\nThe Kingdom of God is at hand \u2013 You proclaimed it, Jesus;
\n      But, it often feels like it\u2019s a million miles away.
\nYou demonstrated its grace and showed its power,
\n      but the signs often appear faded or absent in our world.<\/p>\n

We need Your Kingdom to come, O God,
\n      in all its fullness, in all its glory;
\nThis waiting, this \u201cnow and not yet\u201d experience of Your reign
\n      is hard and frustrating.<\/p>\n

And so we pray for Your Kingdom to be revealed in our lives,
\n      turning our sickness and sin, our brokenness and fear
\n      into friendship and compassion, wholeness and joy.
\nMay Your Kingdom come to us now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We pray for Your Kingdom to be revealed in our neighbourhoods,
\n      turning our division and suspicion,
\n            our judgement and our competition
\n      into fellowship and care, compassion and service.
\nMay Your Kingdom come to us now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We pray for Your Kingdom to be revealed in our world,
\n      turning our war and our disparities,
\n            our consumption and our self-interest
\n      into peace and collaboration, stewardship and reverence.
\nMay Your Kingdom come to us now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your Kingdom is here, and it is coming, O God.
\nMake us faithful heralds of its message
\n      and tireless practitioners of its ways.
\nFor Jesus sake.
\nAmen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

~ written by John van de Laar<\/strong>, posted on Sacredise.com<\/a>.
\n <\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong>
\nAll my days and forever<\/a>
\nIn small ways<\/a>
\nDing! Dong! Curiosity<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Unless the Lord watches over the city, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the guards stand watch in vain. Psalm 127:1 The Mercy of Justice Where are things heading, God of wisdom? 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