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I wish someone had told me that the Kingdom of Heaven is available

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• The Kingdom of God (or Heaven) is the

of God.
• The Kingdom of Heaven is where: “what God wants done is done” – it is the range of God’s effective .
• It’s not about getting you into Heaven, it’s about getting into .
• There is a reality of the Kingdom of Heaven.

Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. —1 Corinthians 13:8-13

• There is an

reality of the Kingdom of God.

Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” —Mark 1:14b-15 (ESV)

Kairos Moments

What is God saying? What am I going to do about it?

: As we observe, we are looking at the situation or circumstance in question. What is happening? What are your thoughts and feelings?

: What is the ‘now’ word that God might be saying about this? How has God led you, and what has He said to you in the past? Does scripture say something about what you are experiencing or feeling?

: Reframe the situation in light of the Kingdom of Heaven (God’s rule and reign). What might God be inviting you to do, think, or act? Discuss it with God, and maybe speak with someone about it. Writing it out helps this process.

: Pray and invite the Lord to give you grace and insight to answer the invitation you sense Him giving you. What is a practical, one-foot-in-front-of-the-other thing that you can do to step-in (or live-in) to the invitation that you are sensing from the Lord?

: Step out in faith. Go for it.
: Share your story with someone. (vineyardgilbert.com/stories)