Intercession: 'Your Kingdom Come'
Speaker: Tom Peryer
Series: Prayer - How To Do It
Scripture: Isaiah 37:9-20
Sermon Highlights
YOUR
The first part of the Lord's prayer is entirely God-centred. God comes first.
In prayer we need to begin by orienting ourselves to God
KINGDOM (KINGLY REIGN)
This kingdom is not to be confused with any ordinary earthly kingdom or empire.
The kingdom of God is there in his stories.
The kingdom of God consists of those who are poor in spirit, who are humble, who long to live a better life, a life which is towards righteous-living.
When we pray ‘your kingdom come’, we are praying that kingdom values and priorities may prevail;
COME
The kingdom has come, the kingly reign has begun, but his rule has not yet prevailed in every corner of the world and to every person, so it is still coming and being established. Until one day it will come in totality.
Go into all the world to proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God.
Home Group Questions
Q. How do you feel about intercessory prayer – do you find it’s something that comes naturally or is it more of a challenge?
“Our free wills are powerful; they can release or restrict the purposes of God.”
Q. How does this affect the way that we come to God in intercessory prayer?
Q. Have you ever had a feeling that you needed to pray for something or someone? What happened?
“Prayer isn’t about trying to get God to say amen to what I want; prayer is about me saying amen to God’s will for my life”
Q. What would it look like for you to pray this week with this perspective?