Indoor Member Reflection May 2025
Welcome to this month’s indoor reflection. This month we think about the theme from our Prayer Diary ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ and remember our active members who are involved in delivering Thy Kingdom Come activities.
Since it began in May 2016, God has grown Thy Kingdom Come from a dream of possibility into a movement which unites more than a million Christians in prayer, in nearly 90% of countries worldwide, across 85 different denominations and traditions- so that friends and family, neighbours and colleagues might come to faith in Jesus Christ.
This year, Thy Kingdom Come celebrates its tenth anniversary. For ten years we have been praying Thy Kingdom Come. In particular, each year, we have been praying for five people we know, that they may come to know the love of God for themselves. Our MU distinctive is in addition to praying for 5, we invite 1. This call echoes our triennium theme of Join Us, Join In! This year, as we continue in this pilgrimage of prayer, we focus on the prayer that Jesus taught us: the prayer that teaches us how to pray and live, the prayer that contains this amazing hope, Thy Kingdom Come!
A reflection on the Lord’s prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
The Lord’s Prayer invites us
to speak directly to God as Father, and we are invited
to be a part of His family.
Thy Kingdom Come in Mothers’ Union as in heaven
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
God is king over the whole world, and we ask him to be at work in the world,
Thy Kingdom Come in Mothers’ Union as in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread.
Lets think about the things that God has provided for us,
and to thank him for the things he has given us.
Thy Kingdom Come in Mothers’ Union as in heaven
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
An invitation to accept God’s forgiveness
Thy Kingdom Come in Mothers’ Union as in heaven
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
An opportunity to reflect on God’s leading us through life
Thy Kingdom Come in Mothers’ Union as in heaven
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
An invitation to accept Jesus as king
Thy Kingdom Come in Mothers’ Union as in heaven
Amen.
