God's Calling Us to...

BE KINGDOM PEOPLE ~ cross

"Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." Matthew 6:10 KJV

WHEN we pray the Lord's Prayer, we pray, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth" (Mathew 6:10). We evangelicals have a tendency to ignore that phrase. We often posit the kingdom of God in another world. But the kingdom of God is something we are supposed to see happen on earth! That's why we must be committed to social justice, to changing the world into the kind of world that God wants it to be, knowing all the while that we can never complete the task. That's what the Second Coming is all about. "The good work that He begins in us," says the Apostle Paul, "He will complete in the day of His coming" (Philippians 1:6).

We are to be a kingdom people working for justice; trying to eliminate poverty; transforming social institutions, like the family, into what they ought to be; and winning people to Christ, which is the most important thing. We do these things with the assurance that the good work that we have begun, what the Holy Spirit has initiated in us, will be brought to fruition, completeness, and fulfillment when the Second Coming of Christ occurs.

---TONY CAMPOLO

God's Calling...
FOR ME

We feel deeply the clarity of the Gospel when we show love and practical care to others in need. For in love all things are made right. His love heals us. Our love for others mends their wounds, teaching us all the while why Jesus said it is better to give than to receive (Acts 20:35).

Calling Out
---TO GOD

'May I remember the poor and marginalized today. Teach me how to show mercy and love to others.' prayer

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]