What’s Meant By: Your Will Be Done…? Catechism Questions 347-352 September 24, 2017

What Is Prayer? Prayer is gift from God where I can talk to him about anything that’s on my mind.

What’s Meant By: Hallowed Be Your Name? God’s name is hallowed (kept holy) when I speak and live according to God’s Word.

What’s Meant By: Your Kingdom Come? I ask that God will strengthen my faith and bring many other people to faith in Jesus.

An Unexpected Blessing Jonah 3:1-5; 3:10-4:4,11

What was Jonah’s will for the enemy city of Nineveh? That they be destroyed and no longer a problem for Israel. What was God’s will for Nineveh? That they repent and believe.

1 Timothy 2:3,4 1 Thessalonians 4:1-7

What is God’s will for all people? God wants all people to believe that Jesus is their Savior and to live a God-pleasing life.

An Unexpected Blessing Jonah 3:1-5; 3:10-4:4,11

Genesis 3:1-6 Galatians 5:17,19-21

What tries to prevent God’s will from happening? The devil, our world, and our sinful flesh are opposed to God’s will.

An Unexpected Blessing Jonah 3:1-5; 3:10-4:4,11

Ephesians 6:10-18

How can God’s will be done through me? God’s will is done through me when I rely on Jesus and his promises to defend me from Satan. For when I depend on my Savior, I am firm and strong in my faith until my dying day.

An Unexpected Blessing Jonah 3:1-5; 3:10-4:4,11

Which enemy of God’s will is the worse: the devil, the world, or our sinful nature? A/D: Asking God to stop drug dealing is part of the 3rd Petition.

What’s Meant By: Your Will Be Done…? I ask that God will help me to do his will rather than the will of the devil, world, and my sinful flesh.

What’s Meant By: Give Us Today…? Catechism Questions 353-357 October 1, 2017