Thy Will Be Done
“We are seeing the necessary balance of two purposes of petitionary prayer—to put the world right (‘thy kingdom come’) and to align our hearts with God (‘thy will be done’).”
Tim Keller, Prayer
“Prayer is not a convenient device for imposing our will upon God, or for bending his will to ours, but the prescribed way of subordinating our will to his. It is by prayer that we seek God‘s will, embrace it, and align ourselves with it. Every true prayer is a variation on the theme: ‘Your will be done’.”
John Stott, The Letters of John
Prayer is one of the best means to gaining God’s perspective. And prayers informed by God’s Word lead us to pray in accord with God’s will.
“Too often, we are conditioned to think of prayer as asking God for what we want—dear God, give me this, give me that. But now, in praying that God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven, we are attempting to school ourselves to want what God wants.”
William H. Willimon & Stanley Hauerwas, Lord, Teach Us: The Lord’s Prayer & the Christian Life
“The center of God’s will may be for us the very eye of the storm.”
Alistair Begg
“Prayer in Jesus’ name is lifelong training in taking God’s will a little more seriously and our own will a little less so.”
William H. Willimon & Stanley Hauerwas, Lord, Teach Us: The Lord’s Prayer & the Christian Life
