Chapter 1 - Encouraged & Inspired by God's Gracious Invitation to Participate!

“To pray the Lord’s prayer is to participate in heaven’s invasion of the earth.” (Darrell Johnson, 57 Words That Changed The World) 

I love the invitational quality that Darrell Johnson captures in explaining how we participate in God’s work.  I felt as I read the chapter that God’s passion is to bring His kingdom and God’s passion is to allow us to participate.  The chapter focused my attention on God's design to  INVITE us to participate in heaven's invasion through the cross and by prayer!

INVITE - We hold to four key discipleship points a Sonshine.  The points are Befriend, Encourage, Model, & Invite.  Recently I wrote in a journal about our fourth point, “Invite.”   I wrote, “Our natural mold is to serve.  Our master’s nature is pure servant hood.  Intimate communion with the master comes with practicing the dance steps of serving while trusting that the Lord of the Dance will sweep us away to the rhythm of His Kingdom come in us and through us.” 

I felt encouraged when Darell invited me to join "others across the face of the globe who are asking God to cause his kingdom to break in." (Darrell Johnson, 57 Words That Changed The World.)  I felt inspired when he gave his invitation the perspective that “each day we can join the Father’s Son and multitudes of his brothers and sisters in the cosmic act of bringing heaven down.” (Darrell Johnson, 57 Words That Changed The World.)