PSALM 105:7 (ABP)
GOD, our God, exercises his judicial authority throughout the whole earth.
MATTHEW 5:10 (ABP)
Blessings on you who are harassed because you've embraced God’s regime and are doing the right thing. The kingdom of heaven is yours!
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Embrace God's ways and receive God's blessing.
DAILY FODDER
How is God's approach to doing right different from what is commonly understood as right?
PRAYER
God, from your headquarters in Heaven, you oversee an alternative kingdom that shakes the world system to the core. Forgive me for living according to the ways of the world system. Show me how to do right in a system that is misaligned. I'm trusting your indwelling Holy Spirit to use your Word to transform me and how I do things so I'm completely aligned with the Kingdom of Heaven. My neighbors may not be happy with that transformation but I'm looking for your blessing, not theirs. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
