MODGNIK <- KINGDOM

Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
—Matthew 6:10 | NIV84

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. —Matthew 6:33 | NLT

In Jesus’ Kingdom, you descend into greatness.

Blessed are the humble, for they will inherit the earth. —Matthew 5:5 | CSB

If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. —Matthew 5:41-42 | NIV84

Forgive other people when they sin against you. —Matthew 6:14 | NIRV

Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. —Matthew 5:44-45 | NIV84

“Humility isn’t thinking less of yourself; it’s thinking of yourself less.”

“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” —Luke 14:11 | NIV84

“If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.” —Mark 9:35 | NIV84

Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. “What is it you want?” he asked. She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.” —Matthew 20:20-21 | NIV84

“You don’t know what you are asking.” —Matthew 20:22 | NIV84

“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” —Matthew 20:25-28 | NIV84

Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross! —Philippians 3:6-8 | NIV84

…the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. —Matthew 20:28 | NIV84

Jesus came down the ladder, so He could bring us back up with Him.

The worst thing that ever happened to Jesus was the best thing that ever happened for us.