Praying for God's Kingdom

So this morning I was reading in my bible Mark 11. Jesus has entered Jerusalem and then gets angry when he sees how the temple is being used. Jesus drove the people who were doing wrong out of the church area and then refused to allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. Then he explains what the temple/church is for - "My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. But you have made it a den of robbers." This comes directly from Isaiah 56:7. I was struck by this today. The idea that the church is to be a place where we pray for the nations - for God's kingdom to come all around the world. Even though I live and serve in a foreign country everyday, I can forget the mandate that Christ has given to his church - to his bride - to his people - to be kingdom minded and to pray for all nations to be transformed and to know the living God who came to restore the broken and give life.