Sunday Devotions: "Thy Kingdom Come"

The Lord's Prayer, Part Three

By my count, the Gospel of Matthew records Jesus talking about the kingdom of God (or heaven) more than forty times, from the beginning of his ministry in Galilee (4:17) to the last supper with his disciples in Jerusalem (26:29). So it’s no surprise that as we come to the next petition(s)¹ in his model prayer, Jesus turns again to one of his favorite top…