Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 192
Question 192
What do we pray for in the third petition?
In the third petition (which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven,) acknowledging, that by nature we and all men are not only utterly unable and unwilling to know and do the will of God, but prone to rebel against his word, to repine and murmur against his providence, and wholly inclined to do the will of the flesh, and of the devil: we pray, that God would by his Spirit take away from ourselves and others all blindness, weakness, indisposedness, and perverseness of heart; and by his grace make us able and willing to know, do, and submit to his will in all things, with the like humility, cheerfulness, faithfulness, diligence, zeal, sincerity, and constancy, as the angels do in heaven.
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Matthew 6:1010Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Romans 7:1818I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
Job 21:1414Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
1 Corinthians 2:1414The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Romans 8:77because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Exodus 17:77He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
Numbers 14:22All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
Ephesians 2:22in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
Ephesians 1:17-1817that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
Ephesians 3:1616I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
Matthew 26:40-4140Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.
41“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Jeremiah 31:18-1918I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
19After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
Psalms 119:11Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
Psalms 119:88I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.
Psalms 119:35-3635Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
36Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
Acts 21:1414When he would not be dissuaded, we fell silent and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
Micah 6:88He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Psalms 100:22Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
Job 1:2121saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
2 Samuel 15:25-2625Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
26But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
Isaiah 38:33saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Psalms 119:4-54You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
5Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
Romans 12:1111Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Psalms 119:8080May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
Psalms 119:112112I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
Isaiah 6:2-32Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
3And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
Psalms 103:20-2120Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
21Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.
Matthew 18:1010See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
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