The Source of All We Need

As we journey together through the Lord’s Prayer, Christ next points us to God as the source of all we need each day.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD

I have been blessed, and we have been blessed as a community. The Father has provided richly for the Greenhouse family and will continue to do so.  As our heavenly Father, he has blessed us so that we can bless others. How might I be a builder through blessing the Greenhouse community today? For what do I need to trust God today? What does Jesus want me to share today? Who needs spiritual bread?  Who needs emotional bread?  Who needs physical bread?  Who needs relational bread?  Father, may I have eyes to see Your provisions and a heart to receive and share them with thankfulness.  Together, may we be a generous and grateful family.

Building in God's Kingdom!

This month let’s continue patterning our prayers after the Lord’s prayer. As you pray, and take action in response, you will help build Greenhouse within God’s Kingdom. 

THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isa 55:8-9) How is the kingdom of God reflected at Greenhouse? What is in heaven that I can invite, build, or declare at Greenhouse?  How can I foster the Kingdom vision and worldview that Jesus has for this community?  What does it look like, sound like, feel like when Greenhouse manifests God’s realm?  What has God revealed of His will for His children at Greenhouse?  Father, may Your will be done at the Greenhouse as it is in heaven.

We invite you on a journey in prayer

Dear Greenhouse Builder, we invite you to join us on a journey through prayer over the next several months. The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer map that Jesus gave to His original disciples in building the Kingdom with Him.  It is one of the first tools He provided.  As Greenhouse Builders, who intentionally say “yes” to co-laboring in His Kingdom, we can use the same tool here and now.  Perhaps we could refer to it as The Kingdom Builders’ Prayer.

In each email we will invite you to approach this familiar prayer phrase-by-phrase with fresh eyes and a renewed heart. As you pray and act upon these prayers, you will help build Greenhouse within God’s Kingdom.

OUR FATHER, WHO IS IN HEAVEN, HOLY IS YOUR NAME

As you pray, honor God as holy; there is none who compares with Him. His ways are infinitely higher than our own. Spend time adoring Him in His holiness. Let Him increase, as you decrease.

As you call God your Father, recognize that you are a member of a family.  Pray over the family of Greenhouse, as well as the families of Greenhouse. Prayerfully ask: “How can I help build the family of Greenhouse, cultivating stronger connections and abiding in the Greenhouse community?  How can I nurture love and honor for all of our family members?” 

 Pray this over the Greenhouse community: “After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands. And they were shouting with a great roar, ‘Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the Lamb!’” Revelation 7:9-10