This is part of an ongoing series on the Cornerstone Confirmation Curriculum we are developing at First Trinity Lutheran Church. (Main Confirmation Page)
God’s Kingdom will reign on earth no matter what we do, but we ask Him to use us to make it happen. We also pray that He would send His Word and the Holy Spirit to help us believe in Jesus.
Your Kingdom Come
Read Romans 14:17
- Underline: the kingdom of God is … righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit
- Margin: Send me your Spirit, Lord.
Read 1 Peter 2:12
- Underline: Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that … they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
- Margin: Send me in your Spirit, Lord.
Read Isaiah 55:11
- Underline:my word … shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
- Margin: God’s kingdom will come
God does not need our help making His kingdom come. In fact, it will come whether we help it along, fight it every step of the way, or do nothing. But we pray that God would send His Holy Spirit to rule in our hearts and establish His kingdom there first. But we also pray that He would use us to bring His kingdom about, as we are sent out in the Holy Spirit to live lives that point to the saving love of Jesus. When we aren’t sure if we’re being effective, we remain encouraged.
Your Will Be Done
Read John 6:40
- Underline: For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life
- Margin: God wants to save me.
Read 1 Timothy 2:4
- Underline: who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
- Margin: God wants to save everyone.
Read Romans 16:20
- Underline: The God of peace will soon crush Satan
- Margin: God’s Will frustrates Satan.
God’s desire for you is that you would know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. He created you and He’s crazy in love with you. He doesn’t want you to go to hell, but to instead spend eternity with Him in heaven. Not only that, but He wants all people to be saved. Here we pray that God’s desire would come true for all people: that they would accept Jesus as Lord. God’s will also “frustrates” the plans of Satan. Satan carefully lays plans to lead us away from Jesus, but God disrupts that plan with His Word, bringing hope and life to His people where Satan would send despair and death. Ultimately, God will defeat Satan once and for all, casting him into the fiery pit of hell.