What do we pray for in the third petition?

Which Bible passages support this answer?

The Westminster Assembly attached these Scripture proofs to answer 103. Read them together and ask what each one shows about the answer.

1. Matthew 6:10

   may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. (NET)

2. Psalm 67

   The whole chapter. Read Psalm 67 in the NET Bible

3. Psalm 119:36

   Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly. (NET)

4. Matthew 26:39

   Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.” (NET)

5. 2 Samuel 15:25

   Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s sight he will bring me back and enable me to see both it and his dwelling place again. (NET)

6. Job 1:21

   He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!” (NET)

7. Psalm 103:20-21

   ²⁰Praise the Lord, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders. ²¹Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, you servants of his who carry out his desires. (NET)

What does this answer mean?

In the third petition we pray that God, by his grace, would make us able and willing to know, obey and submit to his will in all things, as the angels do in heaven. We ask for the desire to obey as well as the ability.

What can we ask our children?

1. Who does God's will perfectly in heaven?
2. What three things do we ask to do with God's will?
3. Is it easy or hard to submit when God's will is not what we wanted?