Burning Hearts

And they said one to another,
"Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us by the way, and while He opened to us the scriptures?
40 Day Journey to knowing Jesus more fully
2012
February 22~Aril 7 The Galilean Ministry
2011
March 9~April 23 The Perean Ministry and Passion Week
It’sbeen said that Lenten season is the Christians' 'Spring Training'. I liked that when I read it years ago and decided to use this time of year to draw closer to the Lord through prayer, fasting, and a closer look at Christs' life and ministry in scripture. "That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suffering, being conformed to His death." Philippians 3:10

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Thy Kingdom Come

Luke 17: 20-37
"When is the Kingdom of God coming?" the Pharisees asked, wanting to see a physical manifestation of a Kingdom that would elevate the Jewish nation.  Jesus continued to correct their attitude, it isn't with pomp and circumstance that the Kingdom of God reveals itself; it is a spiritual Kingdom, a Kingdom that changes the heart and transforms lives.  Being born into this world and raised in this physical realm, it is hard to imagine the type of Kingdom Jesus speaks of; we are use to seeing great fanfare were governments are concerned. In order to prepare them, Jesus told the disciples here about the conditions that will prevail at His second coming.  It is not the usual scene displayed when you think of the Kingdom of God but that is the point, Jesus is changing the thinking of the day and shifting the focus to a spiritual Kingdom of love and obedience to God.  One thing was evident to me as I read this section of scripture, when Jesus returns again it will be sudden and without warning, be prepared. As it says in verse 33, "Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses {his life} will preserve it." 
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