God grant that the kingdom of Jesus Christ may grow in his Church on earth, God hasten the end of the kingdoms of this world, and establish his own kingdom in power and glory!
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost Of Discipleship
When you pray that the will of God be done on earth as it is in heaven, envision conflict being resolved, marriages and families healed, truth told and people faithful to one another, initiatives that break through the vicious cycles of retaliation, and love that creates new community among people through forgiveness, reconciliation, and peacemaking.
Glen H. Stassen, Living the Sermon on the Mount
God's knigdom is not a place, but rather a relationship. It exists wherever people enthrone Jesus as Lord of their lives.
J.I. Packer, Growing In Christ
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