Praying “Your kingdom come” is praying that the kingdom will arrive at some future time, even while one desires expressions of the kingdom’s life even now. It would be insincere and hypocritical to yearn for the future coming without giving the heart in some genuine commitment to kingdom interests relevant now. Paul would later expect the kingdom as a future reality (Gal. 5:21; Eph. 5:3–7). So would John when he wrote the Apocalypse (Rev. 5:9). (2) “Your will be done.” Prayer as permeated and shaped
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