Thine Is The Kingdom: Possessing What Was Made To Be Yours

By Gregory Fuller

We are told by Jesus to close our prayers with the declaration, “Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever . . .” This work is presented to show the reader, yes, the Kingdom belongs to God, but it also belongs to those of us who are the “sons” of God. For all who will receive it, “Thine, (yours) is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever.”

THINE IS THE KINGDOM imparts revelation of the truth that God initially intended for the Kingdom to belong to mankind. You and I. Not only did God make the world for you to reign in as a king, but God desires that the Kingdom be yours right now, in the present and that the end of all things will result in you reigning as a king in the Kingdom of God. “FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gregory Fuller
• Release date: Jan 6, 2018
• ISBN: 9780986270116

Gregory Fuller

Dr. Gregory Fuller is the pastor of the Macedonia Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia. He abtained his Bachelor's degree from American Baptist College, in Nashville, Tennessee; Master's degree from Morehouse School of Religion; and Doctor's degree from United Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. He is also the author of THE SHIPS OF LOVE: A RELATIONSHIP MANUAL FOR DATING SINGLES. (Coming soon on Smashwords), and FROM BLISS TO A BLIZZARD: HOW GOD TURNS BURDENS INTO BLESSINGS. He has ministered to congregations and audiences in Japan, South Africa, Zambia, and Jamaica as well as the through out the United States. He is a noted pastor, counselor, author and leader. I am sure you will be blessed by the works presented via the Smashwords medium.

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THINE IS THE KINGDOM:

POSSESSING WHAT WAS MADE TO BE YOURS

DR. GREGORY M. FULLER

PASTFULL MINISTRIES

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: What Must Be First

Chapter 2: What Jesus Came To Do

Chapter 3: What God Intended

Chapter 4: What Jesus Died For

Chapter 5: What Is The Kingdom Of God

Chapter 6: What God Wants To Give

Chapter 7: What You Must Do To Receive It

Chapter 8: And Then Comes The End

Conclusion

References

Other Publications By This Author

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First to my beautiful wife and queen, Katrina Laurice Fuller. Baby your love and support has always been a source of encouragement and peace to me. Thank you for your love.

A special tribute and honor to the late Dr. Myles Munroe whose preaching, teaching and publications have inspired and ignited a passion for greater knowledge and divine revelation of the Kingdom of God.

I would like to thank all the members of the Macedonia Church of Augusta for your love, support, patience and confidence in me, your spiritual leader, as I grow in Grace and Knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ.

Most of all, all praise, glory, and honor to God our King for revelation and the grace given that has enabled this work to be birthed.

INTRODUCTION

"After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen." (Matthew 6:9-13, KJV)

The prayer of Jesus, often referred to as The Lord’s Prayer, or The Model Prayer, is one of the most noted passages of scripture in the Bible. Known and quoted by both Christian and non-Christian alike, most everyone around the world has heard these words of Jesus prayed, stated, taught, preached and even made into musical lyrics. Recorded in both the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, this prayer of Jesus to some and model of prayer to others, stands as a pillar in Bible.

Matthew’s gospel records this prayer, or model of how to pray, as part of Jesus’ Kingdom teaching on the Mount. It is connected to Jesus’ message of the Beatitudes, His challenge to His followers to be both salt and light, His message to turn the other Cheek, and to go the extra mile.

Luke on the other hand has Jesus reciting this model of prayer to His disciples in response to their request of Him to teach them how to pray. "Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples, (Luke 11:1, NKJV). According to Luke’s gospel, the disciples have been watching Jesus. They have walked with Him for some time and they have noticed that there is a correlation between His prayer life and His ministry. They have witnessed His power to heal the sick and His authority over evil spirits. They have observed that after He prays, He has power to perform miracles and multitudes follow Him because His teaching is so powerful and full of wisdom. Their observation has led them to believe and know that if they can pray like He prays, they can do what He does. Therefore, when Jesus concludes praying, they came to Him and asked, Teach us how to pray …"

Jesus, because He also knows that their is a direct correlation between an individual’s prayer life and power and authority to do Kingdom work, obliges their request by giving them a model of how one should come before God in prayer and what should be requested. Jesus instructs His followers to first, come to God in relationship, as a child to a father. Thus, Jesus says, when you pray say our Father. Jesus teaches, after addressing God based your relationship with Him, acknowledge where He resides, who lives in heaven. Then declare His righteousness and glory, hallowed be your name. After the initial acknowledgement of God and honor due Him, then you make your request, Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. This statement and request are the bases of everything else ask in the prayer. Jesus teaches His followers what is and ought to be the first and most important, most essential thing to ask of God and desire for one’s life, Your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. To Jesus, this is what matters most and this is what God desires, to have His will done on earth as His will is performed in heaven. Jesus concludes His teaching on how to pray and what to petition God for by telling His disciples to acknowledge whose Kingdom it is they are partitioning God on behalf of, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. This statement is a testimony. It is a declaration made by the children of God that there is no greater King and no greater Kingdom than the Kingdom of God. All the power, dominion and authority belongs to God and is found in His Kingdom. "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,