Trying to pray for the sick|? Jesus had a good idea – he said to try "Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." But do we know what we are asking? Do we really know anything about the kingdom or are we just guessing that his will must be something nice so it must be OK so there's no harm done in saying it.

Someone said to me the other day, "God is in control. It's up to us to pray and up to him whatever he wants to do about it." A common thought.

God is in control? Where did that terrible piece of theology come from? If a member of the family is not healed and dies, is that  because God doesn't want to bother for some mystical reason that he's not prepared to share with us?

If I drive at 90 mph up the wrong side of the road full of wine and kill someone, where is this god who is in control? Should the dead driver's spouse shrug his or her shoulders and smile at me saying, "Well, god is in control – he knows what he's doing!" Don't think so!

So what's in our hearts when we pray the Lord's prayer? I've been charging around the world teaching this a lot. Would you like me to start putting some short teachings on the good news of kingdom and cross on FB like this? It might be something to learn, something to help you pray, help you to know what you're praying for?

I'll count the Likes in a couple of days and see what you think of the idea – every blessing, Mike