God’s Will
Message Three
Praying for God’s Will to Be Done on Earth
Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting
(Day1 ¦ Day2 ¦ Day3 ¦ Day4 ¦ Day5 ¦ Day6)
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Matt. 6:10 Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.
John 15:4-7 Abide in Me and I in you…. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing…if you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
Word of Appetizer
Although God has a will for everything, He does not act independently, why?
In the universe there are three wills: the divine will, the satanic will, and the human will; God wants man’s will to be joined to Him and be one with Him so that man may express and echo His will back to Him in prayer for the good pleasure of His will.
Because God acts according to laws established by Him, He will not annul man’s will on earth by His own will; He will not usurp man’s will and act independently; God cannot do what He wants by Himself; He does it only with the cooperation of the church; He accomplishes His will through the church.
Spiritual Burden
God’s intention is to accomplish His will through the believers’ prayer in union with Him; God’s people must pray before God will move on earth to accomplish His will.
Effective prayers for God’s will to be done on earth are the expression of God’s desire and intention and are the issue of our abiding in the Lord and of His words abiding in us; all prevailing prayers—prayers that can be counted effective before God—are the result of our abiding in the Lord and allowing His words to abide in us.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
Although God has a will for everything, He does not act independently; rather, He wants the human will on earth to echo His will before He does anything.
God’s intention is to accomplish His will through the believers’ prayer in union with Him.
Effective prayers for God’s will to be done on earth are the expression of God’s desire and intention and are the issue of our abiding in the Lord and of His words abiding in us.
The Experience of Life
God’s desire and intention are anointed into us through the Spirit and thus become our desire and intention, which we express to God in prayer; when we abide in the Lord and His words abide in us, we touch God’s feeling and understand His desire.
Practice and Application
God needs us to exercise our spirit with our resurrected will to pray according to His divine will for Christ to be manifested and enjoyed by us, for the Body life to be practiced by us, and for the Body of Christ to be built up through us.
When we come to the Lord in prayer, we need to allow the Spirit to mingle our desires with His desires, lead our thoughts into His thoughts, and imprint His desires and thoughts into us; His desire will become our desire, what He wants will be what we want, and then we will pray according to this desire.
Using Key Verses to Have a Bird’s-Eye View over the Whole Outline
Key Verses (1)
Matt. 6:9-10 You then pray in this way: Our Father who is in the heavens…; Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.
John 7:17 If anyone resolves to do His will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.
I. Although God has a will for everything, He does not act independently; rather, He wants the human will on earth to echo His will before He does anything
- In the universe there are three wills: the divine will, the satanic will, and the human will; God wants man’s will to be joined to Him and be one with Him so that man may express and echo His will back to Him in prayer for the good pleasure of His will.
- God will not act independently, and He will not accomplish His will alone; instead, He will accomplish His will only when His people agree with Him and are one with Him; Because God acts according to laws established by Him, He will not annul man’s will on earth by His own will; He does it only with the cooperation of the church; He accomplishes His will through the church.
Key Verses (2)
Matt. 6:10 Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.
Luke 18:1 And He told them a parable to the end that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Eph. 1:9 Making known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself.
1 John 5:14-15 And this is the boldness which we have to ward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.
II. God’s intention is to accomplish His will through the believers’ prayer in union with Him
- God’s people must pray before God will move on earth to accomplish His will; the prayer that is most pleasing to God is the prayer that asks for the accomplishment of His will.
- God wants us to work with Him to accomplish His will; the way to work together with Him is to pray.
- Prayer for God’s will to be done on earth consists of four steps.
- God needs us to exercise our spirit with our resurrected will to pray according to His divine will for Christ to be manifested and enjoyed by us, for the Body life to be practiced by us, and for the Body of Christ to be built up through us.
Key Verses (3)
1 John 2:20 And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know.
John 15:4-5 Abide in Me and I in you…. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.
7 If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
III. Effective prayers for God’s will to be done on earth are the expression of God’s desire and intention and are the issue of our abiding in the Lord and of His words abiding in us
- Prayer is God’s heart’s desire passing through us and returning to God; God’s desire and intention are anointed into us through the Spirit and thus become our desire and intention, which we express to God in prayer; our prayer, therefore, is God’s desire and intention coming out from God, passing through us, and going back to Him.
- All prevailing prayers—prayers that can be counted effective before God—are the result of our abiding in the Lord and allowing His words to abide in us.
Prophesying Topics—Twelve Topics per Week
T1 Knowing that in the universe there are three wills (Isa. 14:12-14; Matt. 6:9-10)
(Please illustrate that the importance of the human will)
T2 God wants to gain a harmonious will (Matt. 6:9-10)
(Why does God want man to be fully submissive to Him, but He also gave man a free will? )
Further Reading: CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” ch. 2; CWWL, 1959, vol. 3, “Lessons for New Believers,” lsn. 7
T1 The church is standing on the earth for God’s will (Col. 1:9)
(Please illustrate that if the church does not come up to the standard of His will, God will be limited.)
T2 God will accomplish His will only when His people agree with Him (Col. 1:9; 4:12)
(Why God do not accomplish His will alone?)
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” ch. 1
T1 Prayer is the speaking of God’s will and the accomplishment of His will (Matt. 6:10)
(Why is no work more important than prayer?)
T2 God wants us to work together with Him to accomplish His will (John 15:7; Luke 11:1)
(Please illustrate that God’s intention is to accomplish His will through the believers’ prayer in union with Him.)
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 8, pp. 5-13; CWWN, vol. 38, ch. 41
T1 Obtaining an answer to prayer is not the highest goal of prayer. (Eph. 1:9)
(Please illustrate that the purpose of prayer is that we be one with God’s will so that God can work.)
T2 God works according to certain laws and principles. (Matt. 6:10)(See Outline II D)
(Please illustrate that what four steps are consist of in prayer for God’s will to be done on earth.)
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 44, ch. 87
T1 Another kind of prayer—one that originates from God’s needs (Matt. 6:9-10, 32-33)
(Please illustrate the difference between prayers originate from our needs and prayer originates from God’s needs)
T2 God’s desires and thoughts can be imprinted in us (1 John 2:20, 27; 5:14)
(Please illustrate that what is the most precious of all prayers.)
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 38, ch. 59; CWWN, vol. 46, ch. 171
T1 We abide in the Lord, and the Lord’s words abide in us, ask whatever we will, and it shall be done for us (John 15:7)
(Please illustrate what are the four points can be divided into in John 15:7.)
T2 When we abide in the Lord and His words abide in us, the result is prayer (John 15:7)
(Please illustrate that how could we touch God’s feeling and understand God’s desire spontaneously with experiences.)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” ch. 11; Life-study of John, msg. 34; CWWN, vol. 46, ch. 172