Not only do we live in a world where people are desperate for power, we find ourselves wanting to be able to establish kingdoms for ourselves. We want to rule and reign over our little pieces of this earth. And we want to be able to set up our own way of life within our own domain. As a society, we want to be able to determine for ourselves what is right and wrong. We don't just want the ability to decide whether or not we have to submit to the powers that be, we want to be able to decide what rules and laws the powers that be are to enforce. From how we think of government, to how we think of the family to how we think of ourselves, our bodies and our personal identities, we want the first and last word. What happens when you try to…

On the Swedish Island of Visingso, there is a mysterious forest of oak trees; mysterious because oak trees aren’t indigenous to the island and its origin was unknown for more than a century. Then in 1980, the Swedish Navy received a letter from the Forestry Department reporting that their requested ship lumber was ready. The Navy didn’t even know it had ordered any lumber. After a little historical research, it was discovered that in 1829 the Swedish parliament, recognizing that it takes oak trees one hundred and fifty years to mature and anticipating a shortage of lumber at the turn of the 21st century, ordered that twenty thousand oak trees be planted on Visingso and protected for the Navy.  What does this have to do with prayer?