Your friend was just born into God’s family and into His Kingdom. But, their birth just made it possible for them to start growing and improving. A human baby isn’t capable of doing much to influence their new world. There are some important things that need to happen to them first. God limits their abilities so they can’t do damage to the planet until they learn some people skills; this is the same way things are done in being born again. Before your friend can enter into God’s Kingdom, God’s Kingdom is going to have to enter into them. That may not make a lot of sense to your friend right now. But, just help them be patient with the concept and it will gradually come clear to them.

God’s Kingdom is only going to be as great as the people who live there. If there are murders, thieves, cheats, liars, and bullies there, then it is going to be a lot like what we have here on earth. There will be wars, pain, suffering, and people taking unfair advantage of one another. Christians MUST be set free from such attitudes, thinking, feelings, words, and deeds. For your friend to be an asset to God’s Kingdom and all the people there, they are going to need to be changed. BUT, they can’t change these things in themselves; however God can! He can get them ready for His Kingdom and eternity by putting the character and principles of His Kingdom in them.

If your friend is able to understand the importance of their attitudes and character to be changed, and if they want to allow the character and principles of God’s Kingdom to enter into their personality and emotions, then have them say the words: “Your Kingdom come;” this is a prayer. Your friend is asking their new Father to put His Kingdom into their mind, heart, and life.

Explain to your friend that Jesus’ prayer is a series of requests they are making to God, their heavenly Father. As they say each phrase of Jesus’ powerful prayer, it literally transforms that area of their life. Just like “my Father in heaven” transformed them into a child of God, this next set of words will start changing their attitudes and character. This will start getting them ready to live in God’s eternal Kingdom. This will get them started taking advantage of their new spiritual life and get growth taking place. They are learning how to breath, eat, exercise, express themselves, get rid of bad things in their life, and develop relationships.

When your friend says, “Your Kingdom come,” they are asking their new heavenly Father to start putting His Kingdom in their heart and life. They are giving Him permission to put all the things His Kingdom stands for inside them. This isn’t as instant and total as being born again just was. But, just like a human baby is born at an exact moment, so was your friend. And just like from that point on the human baby’s physical, mental, emotional, and social growth gradually started taking place, so will your friend GRADUALLY start growing spiritually as a child of God.

When your friend says: “Your Kingdom come,” they are inviting their spiritual Parent to start feeding them with spiritual words, principles, concepts, and truths from the Bible. They are giving Him permission to start filling them with the spiritual food, care, protection, love, and training they will need as a spiritual being. They are inviting Him to grow them into a person who is good enough, healthy enough, and clean enough to be a citizen of His Kingdom. This forms a parent/child relationship that lasts for time and eternity. That parent/child relationship is formed instantly after they say these words. Then the benefits of that relationship produces gradual growth over the rest of their life.

By using the words “our” and “us,” your friends are also asking God to bring His Kingdom into the hearts and lives of all the people on this planet. This isn’t a selfish prayer; it is a prayer for your friend and everyone else. It is teaching them to always want everyone else to receive all the good things that happen to them.

Another thing your friend is praying for is that their new heavenly Father will:

• Speed up the process of giving everyone the good news message about His Kingdom.


• Allow others to try His Kingdom out.


• Give others time to make a knowledgeable decision about His Kingdom.


• Allow others to make their final decision concerning God’s Kingdom.


• Give everyone the eternity they have chosen to have.

It is important for you to teach your friend that those who have chosen Jesus will spend eternity with God in His Kingdom. Those who have chosen to exclude Jesus from their life here will spend eternity without God. Just like choosing to experience all Jesus has to offer is awesome, excluding Jesus leaves a person with a horrifying existence. But, if we show our friends Jesus’ cure and they reject it, then it isn’t our fault they are going to experience this horrifying existence in eternity. We are praying for them and God is answering our prayers and giving them all the information they need to make the right decision.