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Monday, March 21st
Jesus said, "I confer on you, just as the Father conferred on Me, a kingdom, so that you may eat and drink at My table in My Kingdom."
Luke 22:29

The Kingdom of Heaven is the birthright of the Father's children , apportioned them by the Father from the beginning of time. And to Me He delivered the Kingdom, from time immemorial, even to the furthest extent of eternity , to love and to save. But that birthright has to be awakened to, grown into, accepted as both joyful reward and challenge. The challenge is to realise the short life-span allotted to each , the fullness of humanity as it is apportioned and designated to each -each unique yet bearing the family likeness of sonship of the Father. Responsibility is a serious charge for every one of the Father's children - mutual responsibility for family and community and for service to the wider world as it is shown and made possible. The Kingdom which the Father gave Me and entrusted Me with throughout time and eternity is the same as the one to which I appoint you. I share with you the responsibility for its welfare and salvation in every particular ; care for the fabric and natural life, for the souls of men and their growth and maturity alongside your own, - this charge I lay upon you and your fellowmen, oh sons and daughters of the earth, as the Father laid on Me. Joyfully and purposefully My loving, disciples down the ages have shared with Me the living and the doing , the sharing and the suffering, even to the shades of death and into the joyful risen life which awaits all who have persevered in faith in trust and in love.