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Asking for God's Will

"Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." Matthew 6:10

The 3rd request is "Your will be done". When God's rule is acknowledged people do what pleases God. "Will" (Greek word “thelema”) means wish, desire, intent, purpose. We want what pleases God to be done "on earth as it is in heaven". How is His will done in heaven? Joyfully and immediately! When we desire what brings God pleasure we obey immediately, without reserve, actively participating in His program. We want what He intends to happen to happen, to come into being. It means we say His plan is perfect and we will go along with it. The first 3 requests in this prayer are fixated on God's person, His rule and His pleasure. They form a pattern, encouraging a mindset that fixates not on temporary things but on the eternal God. It shows an overall worship and dependence on God.

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