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天堂在哪里？我们不晓得。但耶稣应许要把我们带到那里去。有一天，我们将会在新天新地永远与神同住。（参启 21:1-5）

当我们和耶稣一起祈祷：“我们在天上的父”，（参太 6:9）就是在承认神令人敬畏的伟大和权能。我们和圣经一同宣告，神掌管着宇宙万物。祂创造了宇宙。祂统治整个世界，从最小的民族到最大的帝国。我们当在神面前俯伏敬拜。

神掌权——这应该带给我们极大的安慰。祂不像“绿野仙踪”里的人，假装自己在看管世界。祂也不会简单地给宇宙上足发条，就留下它滴答作响。神真的有能力也在意地掌管着我们这个世界正在发生的一切，包括发生在我们每个人身上的事。

因着神是我们的父，当我们向祂祷告时，我们能确信祂会垂听和回应我们的求告。藉着祂的全知、全能，在祂所定的时间，神应许会赐给我们所需要的一切。所以我们信靠祂会供应我们。

今天，你在向天父祷告时，要相信掌管和维护宇宙的那一位神，必会垂听和回应你的祷告。

Where is heaven? We aren't told. But Jesus promises to bring us there. And one day we will live with God forever in the new heaven and new earth (Revelation 21:1-5).

When we pray with Jesus, "Our Father in heaven" (Matthew 6:9), we confess the awesome greatness and power of God. We assert, as the Bible does, that God rules the cosmos. He created the universe. He rules over all the earth, from the smallest nation to the grandest empire. And we rightfully bow before God in worship.

God reigns—and this should give us great comfort. He's not like a "Wizard of Oz" pretending to be someone in charge. And he didn't simply wind up the universe like a clock and then leave it to tick on its own. God really can and does actively govern everything that happens in our world, including all that happens to each of us.

Because of who God is, when we pray to our Father in heaven, we can be assured that he hears and answers our prayers. By his knowledge and power and in his timing, God promises to give us just what we need. So we trust in him to provide for us.

When you pray today to our Father in heaven, trust that the one who rules and sustains the universe can and will hear and answer your prayers.