The Everyday Faith Steps:

• Born-again / Saved
• Water Baptized
• Holy Spirit Activated
• Healed + Set Free
• In Community
• Contributing
• Personal Growth
• Reproducing

Faith Scripture:

II Corinthians 5:7: For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Matthew 6:7-13

7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.9 Pray then like this:

“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name

10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread,

12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name." The opening line of the Lord’s prayer is about acknowledging and honoring who God is. The next part is about recognizing and honoring what God wants done.

10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread,

Every kingdom, no matter how large or small, is identified by the culture it exhibits.

Culture is created by an attribute or set of attributes that make a place what it fundamentally is, which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity.

The Culture of heaven heals, cleanses, delivers, and empowers. It creates a place for those who were once lost and had nowhere to go; now they have a Home.

Jesus did not die just so that you could go to heaven. His death, burial, and resurrection occurred so that the Kingdom and culture of heaven can manifest here and now.

How does “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” happen in our lives and in this church?

You cannot pray into existence what you are not acquainted with or connected to.

John 15:4-8:

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

Too often we give out of what we have and not out of what the Kingdom has to offer.

Henry Ford said, “If I were to ask people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

People cannot ask for what they do not know is available.

When we see an issue, we do not need to ask, “What can I do about it?” but “What does the Kingdom have to offer it?” We must give the world a different way of thinking because we think differently. We think Kingdom!

We must show them a different way of doing things because we do things differently (in ways that are more successful). We do things the Kingdom way! If the Kingdom of Heaven does not influence how we conduct our lives inside the Church, we can never expect God to empower us to have an influence outside the church.

Quote:

History tells us a well-known story about Alexander the Great. Once he was passing by a beggar and gave him several gold coins. Someone noticed that he gave him several gold coins and asked him why, mentioning that copper coins would have met the beggar’s needs. To this Alexander the Great replied, “Copper coins would suit the beggar’s need, but gold coins suit Alexander’s giving.”

Too often the church gives out “Copper Coins” when “Gold Coins” suit what the kingdom has to offer.

How do we give the Kingdom?

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

You cannot release what you have not received. When you pray “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven,” the daily bread he is going to give you is what you need to do the work of the Kingdom.

To experience His presence in a way that will transform the future, I have to be willing to experience the uncomfortableness of His Presence. Uncomfortableness that comes from:

1) Fear of what I do not understand

2) Knowledge that I do not have.

Miracles can be Messy, Revival isn’t always pretty, Freedom isn't always silent. I have to deal with the stereotypes of my own religion. The way I think it should be versus how His Presence is manifesting.

We all release the nature of the world we are most acquainted with into the world around us. This is why I read the Scripture “Abide in Me.” How you have been “Stewarding the Presence” is how you will react in the moment. Many crumble in the moment instead of rising to the moment. He did not call us to comfort. He called us to Faith!

How you rise in the moment of His Presence is the start of the process to get you to Authority. I often hear this: “I just wish everyone would get saved.” That is not the answer. Because we are saved, in the church, and look how we act. Born-again is the start, but getting people into His Presence will change society. Because “We all release the nature of the world we are most aware of into the world around us.”

Live Aware!

When we live aware of the Spirit of God in us, we are much more inclined to know when His Presence is released from us.