{"id":152,"date":"2012-03-07T12:11:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T12:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thesupernaturallife\/?p=152"},"modified":"2012-02-27T16:14:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T16:14:33","slug":"praying-with-jesus-lent-days-15-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thesupernaturallife\/2012\/03\/07\/praying-with-jesus-lent-days-15-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying With Jesus. Lent: Days 15-21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 6:9-13<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some things to think about:<br \/>\nOf course God\u2019s will is done in heaven.\u00a0 But on earth?\u00a0 Was 9-11 \u201cGod\u2019s will?\u201d\u00a0 Is child molestation or bankruptcy or divorce \u201cGod\u2019s will?\u201d\u00a0 Though the Bible promises that God is sovereign and that \u201call things work together for good to those who love him\u2026\u201d the Word also acknowledges that some things \u201con earth\u201d are not as they should be.\u00a0 And in this prayer we are invited to ask God that this would change.\u00a0 We are to address injustice, fear, brokenness, and sin without despair.\u00a0 We are to ask \u201cLord, thy will be done here in this sorrow as your will is done in heaven.\u201d\u00a0 This is bold prayer.\u00a0 It is declaration.\u00a0 In this phrase we ask that the very nature of God as revealed in his name would be realized in the real situations of our world.\u00a0 We pray that \u201cThe Lord who heals\u201d (his nature) would reveal his nature in a situation on earth that needs healing.\u00a0 This is an exciting venture in prayer.\u00a0 For here we partner with God to see his name glorified in the earth!<\/p>\n<p>Some things to do:<br \/>\nNow we get down to business.\u00a0 This week begin to take the names of the Lord and prayer them regarding the situations of the world around you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In government: prayer with names of the Lord for our civic leaders<\/li>\n<li>In business: pray with the names of the Lord for your business and career<\/li>\n<li>In families: pray with the names of the Lord for your family and other families<\/li>\n<li>In education: pray with the names of the Lord for our next generation<\/li>\n<li>In church: prayer with the names of the Lord for our local church and churches worldwide<\/li>\n<li>In you: pray with the names of the Lord for your own body, soul, and spirit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some things to talk about:<br \/>\nHow do you envision heaven?\u00a0\u00a0 What does Jesus mean by asking us to pray that God\u2019s will would be done on our planet as it is done in heaven?\u00a0 What is the current state of your immediate circle of the world?\u00a0 How does this prayer change the way you feel?\u00a0 Does this kind of prayer give you some hope in the face of the overwhelming trouble around you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 6:9-13 \u201cThy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven\u201d Some things to think about: Of course God\u2019s will is done in heaven.\u00a0 But on earth?\u00a0 Was 9-11 \u201cGod\u2019s will?\u201d\u00a0 Is child molestation or bankruptcy or divorce \u201cGod\u2019s will?\u201d\u00a0 Though the Bible promises that God is sovereign and that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[442,83,81,79,85,86,84,87],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lent","tag-lent","tag-lords-prayer","tag-names-of-god","tag-prayer","tag-praying-for-education","tag-praying-for-family","tag-praying-for-government","tag-praying-for-self"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Praying With Jesus. 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