The Way of the Kingdom

The Way of the Kingdom

Eternal Father of the Ages,
hear the prayer of my spirit.
and make wise the desires of my heart,
that I covet not the base things of the carnal realm.

Let me not yearn for gold or silver,
Nor powers of governance over the lives or my fellow men
Let me not hunger for land, wealth or earthly power,
nor vainly esteem the praise of fallen men.

Let me see beyond these things.
Let me see the things of Your realm,
the things of the Spirit,
the Holy ways of Your Kingdom.
Let me enact the things of God
into the world of men.

That I may displace hunger with charity,
the wilderness with shelter,
the cold with warmth.

That I may sound the Word of God
to the hearts of men,
to call them from the condemnation of our sin
to the redemption of our Messiah.

For You have made me a Son of God
in a world of carnal men.
That I may supplant the ways of fallen men
with the ways of the Risen Son.


Romans 12:21