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Revelation chapter 8, verses 3 through 5.

And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censor,

and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar

before the throne, and the smoke of the incense with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the

incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. Then the angel

took the censor and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there

were peals of thunder rumblings flashes of lightning

and an earthquake those verses are a powerful testimony to the power of prayer this whole picture of

judgment that unfolds the coming of God's kingdom

in the rest of Revelation 8 here and in the chapters that follows, it comes in response to the

prayers of God's people. As prayers are lifted up, the picture is God's justice, God's kingdom, God's righteousness

comes down. So this is where I just want to encourage you when you pray, like Jesus taught us to pray.

When we pray, our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Whenever we pray,

that prayer, we pray it in confidence. Our prayers are never in vain. Every one of them is counting.

It's like instance before God. And there's coming a day when he's going to respond to our prayers and bring about his kingdom

on the earth as it is in heaven. So we pray with confidence, our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name, cause your name to be made known as holy all across the earth. And we pray. We pray today. We'll pray tomorrow.

We'll keep praying this until your kingdom comes. God, cause your kingdom to come. Your will

to be done on earth as it is in heaven. We want to see your justice reign on the earth. We want to see your

righteousness rain on the earth. We want to see your love reign on the earth, your peace to rule

and reign on the earth. So we're pleading for this. God, we're asking for this today. We're going to

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