Quick review! One day when Jesus was still on the earth, one of His disciples asked Him to teach them to pray: “And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, 'Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.'” — Luke 11:1 If you’ve been with me lately, you know I’ve been writing a series of blog posts based on the outline Jesus taught them, which we have come to refer to as The Lord’s Prayer . 

I've been walking us through The Lord's Prayer , and " Give us this day our daily bread " comes just before this, but I did a post on this a couple of months ago: Daily Bread 'n Beyond . So, if you haven't seen that or want to review, just go back! It is absolutely always time to savor the wonder of God's rhythmic, always-on-time provision for all things for us, His "lucky" children! We now come to a line in The Lord’s Prayer that can be both deeply comforting and deeply

"Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." God's answering of this one-sentence powder-keg prayer request spans eternity past, weaves its way through time, and moves on throughout eternity future. As I think about it, it really captures all of our longings as believers and even all of God's. Yes, I think it's safe to say that. "As believers." By that I mean as those of us who have received the sacrifice of the life of Jesus Christ on the cross and H