{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Prayers for the Permanent Collection","title":"Big Bang/Kingdom of God | Uncontainable & Uncontrollable","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":149,"description":"Big Bang / Kingdom of God\nUncontainable and Uncontrollable\nNow to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us - to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21\n God,\nYou who no temple containsand fills the whole earth.You who reclines in heavenand rests his feet on earth.\nExpand our imaginationsto your unmeasurable dimensions,that we may pray “able to do” prayersthat we may ask for what’s “above and beyond.” \nOur prayers are often weak because we make you too small.We read that no temple contains youbut reduce you to what we can readand models predict.\nBut you, uncontainable God, you defy every formula and break every box. Your kingdom can’t be containedbecause your Spirit cannot be tamed. \nHe is not our pet!We can’t keep him on schedule.We can’t train him to follow.We can’t teach him our tricks.\nHow arrogant have we been!To think we can keep you containedin carefully crafted boxesthat present as presents but are wrapping prisons. The prisons of control that shout inside of us, “This is the only way to do this.” “That is not of God;it is too weird, too wild.”\nBut you, uncontrollable God, you beckon us to pay attentionto the city growing sideways in the bottle without lid.\nShe is breaking out to flyto lands near and far,growing your kingdom in placesthat books do not mentionand experts ignore. \nHelp us, oh God!Free our minds from the prisons that come wrapped in gift boxes.\nWe want to march with your Spirit,in sync with your heart.We want to pray“Your kingdom come, your will be done”without crossing our fingers behind our backs.\nWe want to burst the walls of our kingdomso that yours can go forth!Give us the courage to throw out the lidand tip the bottle to spill by praying “above and beyond”to the One who is “able to do.”\nAmen","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ecB9oF1Zt1WpqVBmlsCUKi05JtYwosraqr-jnsSGTuM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iZTlh/OGZmYmIzNjAwN2Iz/OGJhMTEzYTlhYjg1/NWIwZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}