2. TO STRENGTHEN US, [Phil. 2:13] so that we may be able to overcome
these enemies and do God's will in spite of them. [Eph. 6:11, 12+] They
are very powerful, but if we are in earnest about overcoming them, God
will give us the needful strength in answer to our prayer. We pray God

3. TO KEEP US STEADFAST IN HIS WORD IN THE FAITH EVEN OUR END, [Phil.
1:6, I Pet. 4:19] so that we may believe the Gospel with all our heart,
live holy Christian lives, trust God to lead us as He sees best, and be
faithful unto death, that we may receive the crown of life.

QUESTIONS.--1. What do we pray for in this petition? 2. What do we mean
by God's will in this petition? 3. How do we pray that God's will may be
done? 4. Why is the will of God good and gracious? 5. How is God's will
done without our prayer? 6. When do we do God's will? 7. What three
things do we pray God to do? 8. What three wills oppose the will of God?
9. What do the devil, the world, and our own flesh seek? 10. Why do we
pray God to strengthen us? 11. When do we remain steadfast in God's Word
and in the faith?

SCRIPTURE VERSES.--I Tim. 2:4. Who will have all men to be saved, and to
come unto the knowledge of the truth.

I Thess. 4:3. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification.

Rom. 8:17. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs
with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also
glorified together.

Gal. 5:17. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit
against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other; so that