Thoughts: Part of what we pray for when we pray "Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" is that we will God's will. When we do not desire to do God's will- we allow our feelings and the influences of the world to push us into behavior we may regret. When Peter denied Christ three times, he was not willing to do God's will. But in contrast less than 24 hours before, Jesus prayed in the garden, "Father, not my will but thine be done." We are inspired by Jesus' example to want to do God's will even when it is hard. We should also remember that though there was a cross, it was God's will that his "servant not see decay"- and Jesus was raised from the dead. God's will is the winning will- the winning side. We need to will to be on the winning side.
Prayer: Help me, O God to will your will, and follow in your way.
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