PRAYING FOR REIGN, Week 6 – HEAVEN SERIES! 6.1.14

May 31, 2014 by Pastor David Rathel

Dear RiverTown Family,

It’s Saturday night and I’m thinking about you. It’s always fun for me on Saturday night as I begin getting my faith up in excitement for Sunday morning. The message tomorrow morning will be a continuation of last week’s message “Praying For Reign.” It will be my finale Sunday Morning message in the HEAVEN Series and will be all about how Jesus gave us the Lord’s Prayer as Earthy Training for Heavenly Reigning. Our HomeTeams will continue studying and learning all the details God gave us in His Word about Heaven through the middle of June. I’m praying for you tonight and I have my faith up for you.

I love you church family. I miss each of you when you are not with us. God is seeking you and wants to give you his very best. I believe in you and your family. I know that the Father in Heaven wants to be in your presence in and wants you to be in His in worship tomorrow morning.

All For Jesus,

Pastor David Rathel

Check Out The Message Outline And Below The YouTube Video From Last Sunday:

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PRAYING FOR REIGN, Week 6 – HEAVEN SERIES! 6.1.14

GOD WANTS TO REIGN IN ME, BUT HE ALSO WANTS TO REIGN THROUGH ME.

For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. Romans 5:17

THE LORD’S PRAYER IS EARTHLY TRAINING FOR HEAVENLY REIGNING. Matthew 6 (NASB)

9Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.

10‘Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.

11‘Give us this day our daily bread.

12‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

13‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.”

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Check Out Last Week’s Message. Part 1 of “Praying For Reign”

About Pastor David Rathel

My wife, Melanie, and I moved back to Columbus with our two week old little girl, Hannah, after finishing Graduate School in Fort Worth, Texas in 2001. RiverTown Church was born in a movie theater on September 9th that same year with a vision to be “a church for people who don’t go to church” here in our hometown. God has blessed us since then with a great location on Schomburg Rd. near my old neighborhood and High School. New people are coming to RiverTown all the time and discovering that God can “transform their lives into the likeness of Jesus Christ” through a church family where you can Believe, Belong, and Become!

From our first prayer meetings in a living room in nearby Phenix City, to our preview services and grand opening the Hollywood Connection movie theater, and finally to our current property and buildings on Schomburg Rd. God has led us all the way.

My wife and I both grew up here, so we know the people and love it here. Melanie keeps me going! We’ve been through all the good, the bad, and the ugly of life and have found that everything is sweeter together. You’ll never find us at a church event on a Friday night. We’ve had date night on Fridays since my first day as a Pastor. We met while working together in a Franklin Graham evangelistic crusade here in Columbus in 1996. Our second child is named Graham for that very reason! Our first child, Hannah, was born in Forth Worth just before we finished Seminary in 2001. Two weeks after she was born in Fort Worth, we were on the road back to Columbus to knock on doors and start RiverTown. She and the church will always be the same age!

On this blog, you'll be the first to know what God is teaching me and teaching through me to our church family. We'll laugh together and sometimes cry together. Most of all, you'll be challenged to take your next step in following Jesus Christ.