Posts with the category “thy-kingdom-come”

Highlight If you knew you were about to be betrayed, arrested and killed, how would you spend the time leading up to that arrest? Jesus spent His night in prayer. He prays for the Father to be glorifi...  Read More

Highlight Luke 17 is another example of ancient Jewish apocalyptic literature. Jesus was providing hope by challenging the thinking of His audience. They believed God’s kingdom would be in a physical ...  Read More

Highlight Paul was writing to the church in Corinth to remind them of their identity in Christ. They had heard and believed in the good news of Jesus. Now they must daily remember to take off the old ...  Read More

Highlight Today we will continue on the ancient Jewish style of apocalyptic format that the book of Revelation is written in. To review, the definition of the ancient apocalyptic style is “literature ...  Read More

Highlight John’s original audience were the seven churches in Asia and all believers everywhere. Scholars believe that the churches were likely under pressure and persecution from the Emperor Domitia...  Read More

When teaching His disciples how to pray, Jesus says: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Matthew 6:9-10...  Read More

Highlight The Old Testament uses the phrase “fear of the Lord” often. The meaning of fear is not one of fright, but more of love, reverence, or obedience. Then Jesus says in John’s gospel “Anyone who ...  Read More

Highlight As mentioned earlier in the week, Paul had written to the church in Rome about the possibility of widespread persecution. Now we have Paul who is in prison in Rome speaking to the church in ...  Read More

Highlight There came a time in the Isrealites’ history when the kingdom was split between the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah. Jeremiah was a prophet to the southern kingd...  Read More

Highlight God’s Kingdom is a kingdom of family. This can be a hard realization, because we all have different experiences with family. Some of us grew up with a great family, others grew up in a diffi...  Read More

Highlight Scholars believe Paul wrote this letter to the church in Rome around 57 AD. This would have been before the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem and before any of the emperors began to wi...  Read More

Welcome to Week 1 of the Thy Kingdom Come Reading Plan! This reading plan is designed to partner with Compassion Christian Church’s sermon series of the same name, which you can find information about...  Read More