WLC 192: What do we pray for in the third petition?

Answer: In the third petition (which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven1), acknowledging, that by nature we and all men are not only utterly unable and unwilling to know and do the will of God2, but prone to rebel against his Word3, to repine and murmur against his providence4, and wholly inclined to do the will of the flesh, and of the devil5: we pray, that God would by his Spirit take away from ourselves and others all blindness6, weakness7, indisposedness8, and perverseness of heart9; and by his grace make us able and willing to know, do, and submit to his will in all things10, with the like humility11, cheerfulness12, faithfulness13, diligence14, zeal15, sincerity16, and constancy17, as the angels do in heaven18.

  1. Matt 6:10
  2. Romans 7:18; Job 21:14; 1 Cor 2:14
  3. Romans 8:7
  4. Exodus 17:7
  5. Numbers 14:2
  6. Ephesians 1:17-18
  7. Ephesians 3:16
  8. Matthew 26:40-41
  9. Jeremiah 31:18-19
  10. Psalm 119:1,8,35-36; Acts 21:14
  11. Micah 6:8
  12. Psalm 100:2; Job 1:21; 2 Samuel 15:25-26
  13. Isa 38:3
  14. Psalm 119:4-5
  15. Romans 12:11
  16. Psalm 119:80
  17. Psalm 119:112
  18. Isa 6:2-3; Psalm 103:20-21; Matt 18:10

For further study see:

  1. WSC 103: What do we pray for in the third petition?

 

 

 

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