A Method for Prayer01 Matthew Henry (continued)
O let the kingdom of your glory be hastened; we believe it will come, we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus, to come in the clouds ofheaven with power and great glory; we hope that he shall appear to our joy; we love his appearing; we are looking for, and hasting to the coming of the day of God: Make us ready for it, that we may then lift up our heads with joy, knowing that our redemption draws nigh. And O that we may have such first fruits of the Spirit, as that we ourselves may groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, even the redemption of our body; and may have a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is best of all. Philippians 3:20.
Matthew 24:30. Isaiah 66:5.
2 Timothy 4:8. 2 Peter 3:12. Matthew 24:44. Luke 21:28. Romans 8:23. Philippians 1.23.
Blessed Jesus, be with your ministers and people (as you have said) always even unto the end of the world: And then (as you have said) surely Icome quickly, even so, come, Lord Jesus, come quickly: When the mystery of God shall be finished, make haste, our beloved, and be you like to a roe, or to a young hare upon the mountains of spices. Matthew 28:20. Revelation 22:20. Revelation
10:7. Canticle (Song of Solomon) 8:14.
4. YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH ASIT IS IN HEAVEN And as evidence that your kingdom comes, and in order to the sanctifying of your name, Father in heaven, let your holy will be done. We know, O Lord, that whatsoever you please, that you dost in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and in all deep places; Your counsel shall stand, and you will do all your pleasure: Even so be it, Holy Father, not our will, but yours be done. As you have thought, so let it come to pass, and as you have purposed, let it stand. Do all according to the counsel of your own will. Make even those to serve your purposes, that have not known you, and that mean not so, neither doth their heart think so. Psalm 135:6. Isaiah 46:10. Luke
22:42. Isaiah 14:24. Ephesians 1:11. Isaiah 45:4. Isaiah 10:7.
Father, let your will be done concerning us and ours: Behold, here we are; It is the Lord, let him do to us as seems good unto him: The will of the Lord be done. O give us to submit to your will in conformity to the example of the Lord Jesus, who said, Not as I will, but as you wilt, and to say, The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Shall we receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall we not receive evil also? 1 Samuel
3:12. 1 Samuel 3:18. 2 Samuel 15:26. Acts 21:14. Matthew 26:39. Job 1:21. Job 2:10.
Father, let the scriptures be fulfilled; the scriptures of the prophets, which cannot be broken. Though heaven and earth pass away, let not one iota or tittle of your word pass away. Do what is written in the scriptures of truth; and let it appear that forever, O Lord, your word is settled in heaven. Matthew 26:56. John 10:35. Matthew
24:35. Matthew 5:18. Daniel 10:21. Psalm 119.89.
Lord, give grace to each ofus to know, and do the will of our Father which is in heaven. This is the will of God, even our sanctification.
Now the God of peace sanctify us wholly. O let us be filled with the knowledge of your will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, and make us perfect in every good work to do your will. O let the time past of our life suffice us to have wrought the will of the flesh, and to have walked according to the course of this world; And from henceforth grant that it may always be our meat and drink to do the will of our Father, and to finish his work; not to do our own will, but his that sent us, that we may be of those that shall enter into the kingdom ofheaven, and not those that shall be beaten with many stripes. Matthew 12:50. 1 Thessalonians 4:3.
1 Thessalonians 5:23. Colossians 1:9. Hebrews 13:21. 1 Peter 4:3.
Ephesians 2.2. John 4:34. John 6:38. Matthew 7:21. Luke 12:47.
Lord, give grace to others also to know and do your will; to prove what is the good and acceptable, and perfect will of God; not to be unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is; and then give them to stand perfect and complete in all the will of God: And let us all serve our generations according to that will. Romans 12:2.
Ephesians 5:17. Colossians 4:12. Acts 13:36.
And when we have done the will of God, let us inherit the promises: And let that pare of the will of God be done; Lord, let the word which you have spoken concerning your servants be established forever, and do as you have said. Hebrews 10:36. 1 Chronicles 17:23.
We rejoice that your will is done in heaven, that the holy angels do your commandments, and always hearken to the voice of your word; that they always behold the face of our Father. And we lament it that your will is so little done on earth, so many of the children of men being led captive by Satan at his will. O that this earth may be made more like heaven! and saints more like the holy angels!
And that we who hope to be shortly as the angels of God in heaven,