What Does It Mean To Say Build Your Kingdom Here
- Kyle Greenhow
- Jul 16, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 30, 2021
What does build your kingdom here mean? I suppose one could say the same thing about the phrase in the Lords Prayer, Let your kingdom come? I love how in this song By Rend Collective, they explain what they mean. They say things like, "Let the darkness fear" and "show Your mighty hand" and "set your church on fire" and "win this nation back". In other words they are asking God to work mighty deeds and to use the church to do the job Jesus gave the church. In Matthew 28 Jesus said: “19 So wherever you go, make disciples of all nations: Baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach them to do everything I have commanded you. And remember that I am always with you until the end of time.” This song is so great because it serves as both a prayer to God, and a teaching tool for believers about God's kingdom here on earth. (And its fun to sing and dance to!) Take a listen, and if this isn't your first time hearing it, try listening like it is new again, and think about what it is truly saying.
Verse for Consideration:
For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.
Lyrics:
Build Your kingdom here Let the darkness fear Show Your mighty hand Heal our streets and land Set Your church on fire Win this nation back Change the atmosphere Build Your kingdom here We pray
Come set Your rule and reign In our hearts again Increase in us we pray Unveil why we're made Come set our hearts ablaze with hope Like wildfire in our very souls Holy Spirit come invade us now We are Your Church And we need Your power In us
We seek Your kingdom first We hunger and we thirst Refuse to waste our lives For You're our joy and prize To see the captive hearts released The hurt, the sick, the poor at peace We lay down our lives for Heaven's cause We are Your church And we pray revive This earth (We're prayin' for revival)
Build Your kingdom here Let the darkness fear Show Your mighty hand Heal our streets and land Set Your church on fire Win this nation back Change the atmosphere Build Your kingdom here We pray (Change the atmosphere)
Unleash Your kingdom's power Reaching the near and far No force of hell can stop Your beauty changing hearts You made us for much more than this Awake the kingdom seed in us Fill us with the strength and love of Christ We are Your church Oh, and we are the hope On earth
Build Your kingdom here Let the darkness fear Show Your mighty hand Heal our streets and land Set Your church on fire Win this nation back Change the atmosphere Build Your kingdom here We pray (Change the atmosphere, build Your kingdom here)
Build Your kingdom here Let the darkness fear Show Your mighty hand Heal our streets and land Set Your church on fire Win this nation back Change the atmosphere Build Your kingdom here We pray (Let's win this nation back!)
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