Reading Rediscovering the kingdom was like having a battering ram, ram through my mindset, crashing down structures, strongholds and preconceptions on what the Kingdom of God is all about. It was a deep process of unlearning and relearning about God’s kingdom and how it affects me as a believer as well as how I should play my own part to fulfill the words of our Lord’s prayer “thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.”
The book is filled with so much positivity you’ll have no option than to kick pessimism out of your life. Here are snippets from the book that really meant so much to me.
“Essentially, the Kingdom of heaven does not refer to physical territory. The Kingdom of heaven is a jurisdiction over which the influence of God has full authority. It is the “breakthrough” point where the Kingdom of God impacts the physical, earthly environment. In other words, the Kingdom of heaven is in my neighborhood because I live there and the Kingdom of heaven is in me. Because the Kingdom is in me, the house I own and occupy is the property of the Lord of hosts. As believers, we have the Kingdom of heaven in us. So wherever we go, and to wherever our influence extends, we bring the Kingdom of God into that place.”
“We want to be servants of the Lord, and although that is certainly what we are as believers, there is so much more to our relationship than that. If we settle for just being His servants, we will miss out on much of the joy of knowing Christ and the fullest and deepest aspects of Kingdom living. Too many of God’s people only know how to be “workers in the field” and don’t know what it means to be a “son in the house.” Jesus said, “I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from My Father I have made known to you” (John 15:15). Jesus Christ is our Savior by circumstance, but our elder Brother by a natural/spiritual genealogy.”
“A king is never voted into power;
• A king’s authority is by birthright;
• A king cannot be voted out of power;
• A king’s word is law in his territory;
• A king personally owns everything in his domain;
• A decree of the king is unchanging;
• The king chooses who will be a citizen of his kingdom;
• The king embodies the government of his kingdom;
• The presence of the king is the presence of his entire kingdom authority;
• The king measures his wealth by the wealth of his property;
• The home of the king expresses his nature; and,
• The name of the king is the essence of his power.”
Aside those, the chapter principles at the end of each chapter is another marvelous thing as it presents an easy to use summary of what the principal things are in a particular chapter.
I am definitely recommending this to anyone who:
– wants to understand what the Kingdom of God is about.
– needs a reminder about the Kingdom.
– wants to awaken his spirit.
– wants a lifestyle changing book.
– needs a new perspective on living.
Watch out for my book reviews every last Friday of the month.
Until next time. 🥂
PPBlessing 