Welcome to The Refinery. The theme for the coming Sunday mornings is The Master’s Recipe for effective Praying. Today we are talking about Thy Will Be Done. “It is God’s will.” These words are often used to interpret the tragedies of life. In legal language, “an act of God” is used to explain the great catastrophes that bring so much suffering and ruin. Yet Jesus instructed us to pray, “Thy will be done.” Does that mean that we are praying for catastrophes and tragedies to fall upon us? Such tragic events are not what we find associated with God’s will in the Bible. God wills to create a world, to create humans, to send His Son, to redeem humans. These things are an expression of God’s eternal purpose and will be accomplished, so there is really no need for us to pray for the accomplishment of them. But God’s will also includes His commands and His plan for our day to day lives. Thus we need to pray that His will might be done in our lives and in the lives of others. The concern of this particular petition is how we are to do God’s will. Since His will is to be done “on earth as it is in heaven,” we are to look to heaven for our pattern of response. Even though we do not know as much about heaven as we would like to know, we do know enough to give us some helpful instructions at this point. Until next time Stay in the Blessings I really want to encourage you to be diligent with your Bible study time, because God has so much more for us than we can get from just going to church once or twice a week and hearing someone else talk about the Word. When you spend time with God, your life will change in amazing ways, because God is a Redeemer. Theres nothing thats too hard for Him, and He can make you whole, spirit, soul and body! You’re important to God, and you’re important to us at The Refinery. When it comes to prayer, we believe that God wants to meet your needs and reveal His promises to you. So whatever you’re concerned about and need prayer for we want to be here for you! Or even if you just want to say Hi, you can contact us at www.refinerylife.org 2024 IS A YEAR OF DECISIONS AND OPEN DOORS © www.refinerylife.org  2013-2024 All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the Australian Copyright Act 1968, no part of this Article may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, communicated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission.  This episode is brought to you by Refinery Life Australia: If you enjoy The Refinery Life Radio Podcast you can help support The Refinery by doing the following: Sow an offering: Bitcoin: bc1qqh6720t2zagj72dyfj348az698tdut3hlecaj4 Online: https://www.refinerylife.org/donate/ If you do send an offering then please email us so that we can say thank you Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify  | YouTube | TuneIn | Rumble | Flare | Zap.Stream | Fountain | Share The Refinery with your friends and family Subscribe to the newsletter on www.refinerylife.org Follow The Refinery on Twitter | Nostr | Instagram | Fountain | --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/refineryliferadio/message