What Does it Mean to Pray Kingdom Prayers Praying From Gods Rest and Righteousness

When I was a child and it came time to pray over the meal at the family table I carried a children's prayer book incase my Dad called on me to pray.  It was not uncommon for my Dad to call on me sometimes to pray.  I would try to read the prayers from the children prayer book and sometimes I would just interpret the pictures to make my prayer personal. One time my Dad caught me looking at the picture so long he made a noise to distract me so I would come back to focus on my prayer.  Dad would always say, "That was a nice prayer."  Then after my Dad complimented me on my prayer he would lean over to me and say, "Amen."   Those were the good old times at the family table learning how to pray.   

I am reminded how the disciples were with Jesus and they asked Jesus to teach them to pray.  Jesus taught them to pray "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name.  Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" from the Book of Matthew 6.  Here, Jesus told His disciples to pray "The kingdom of God" would come on earth as it is in heaven.  In today's Scripture picture devotion we also see that disciples are suppose to seek first "The kingdom of God."  

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In today's time together the Holy Spirit asked me to write a question to who ever comes to read.  The question is, "What does it mean to pray kingdom prayers?" In this time together I will write some brief thoughts and I pray each thought is a blessing to you.  At the same time I pray each thought will help you grow in prayer. 

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At first sight, let us take a closer look at the words "Kingdom of God."  When we learn to interpret the meaning of the word God, we learn a little more about how to pray from a kingdom point of view.  Here, the word God is translated in the Greek Strong's Concordance as: God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.  When a disciple is born again a disciple is born of the kingdom of God.  In other words, every disciple is born of the image and likeness of each part of the God-Head and in each disciple the fullness of God dwells.   This is part of the lost art of the finished works of the cross, to understand that through the death and life of Jesus on the cross the disciple is saved by Grace.  Yet, in salvation the disciple is positioned in Jesus for the Father to come to each disciple and join Himself to each disciple as One in His Rest, and in His Likeness which is Faith.  As each disciple acknowledges the position of God's Rest as One in their hearts through their confession it is there that living One with God glorifies Jesus. 

Learning to pray kingdom prayers is first understanding the lost art of the finished works of the cross.  The disciple is saved by Grace through Jesus and it is through Jesus that a person is born of our Heavenly Father's Rest and Faith, or born of God.  As the disciple maintains their position of Rest as One with God the disciple also rests in the finished works of Jesus in their hearts.  That is, each disciple has died with Jesus in the same burial of his death and the disciple is risen with Jesus in the likeness of His Resurrection.  It is there the disciple rests in the Rest of Jesus, and a disciple Rests in the Faith of Jesus as One.  

So, praying kingdom prayers is learning to pray from the position of Rest with God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit takes from the Father to reveal the Father through Jesus to each disciple.  Jesus said in John 16:14, "The Holy Spirit will take of me to give to you" because the Father lived in Jesus as One. 

When a disciple does not practice the acknowledgement of being born of God's Rest and Works which is their Faith, "There is doubt and unbelief in prayer."  You can have faith but if there is no Rest in the position a disciple has been given in the finished works of the cross a disciple will not have confidence in prayer. Not only when a disciple does not practice the acknowledgement of being born of God's Rest and Works which is their Faith they battle from the outside looking in from a death point of view of the cross.  Some of the examples I have witnessed of this is, "A person prays for something then immediately prays again, or asks others to pray for them and they have no quiet confidence in God."  

As you learn to maintain your position of Rest with the fullness of the God-Head as One you are not only born of their Rest, born of their Faith, but you are positioned to walk in The Blessing that God commanded over your life.  

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 

You see, when you learn your position you walk in the command that God has already spoke over your life to be fruitful, to multiply, to replenish. 

Confession: Father thank You that You have joined Yourself to me with Your Rest and Your Works through Jesus. I acknowledge my position of Rest with you and this position glorifies Jesus and His Works that I am born of, too.  Thank You for the Holy Spirit leading me, and guiding me to reveal You to me through Jesus and that You are Faithful to watch over me as I live in You.  Praise You that every prayer I command You have already positioned me to replenish and multiply Your kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.  In Jesus name Amen.

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