Westminster Shorter Catechism Q & A #101-103

  # 101

1. Question: What do we pray for in the first petition?
2.  Answer: In the first petition, (which is Hallowed be thy name) we pray, That God would enable us and others to glorify Him in all that whereby he maketh Himself known, and that he would dispose all things to His own glory.

#102

1. Question: What do we pray for in the second petition?
   Answer: In the Second Petition (Which is, Thy kingdom come) we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed; and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ourselves and other brought into it, and kept in it; and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.”
2. Answer: In the Second Petition (Which is, Thy kingdom come) we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed; and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ourselves and other brought into it, and kept in it; and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.”

 #103 

1. Question: What do we pray for in the Third Petition?
2. Answer: In the Third Petition, (Which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven) we pray, That God, would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things, as the angels do in heaven.

 Recommended Sermons:

1.  WSC #101: Hallowed Be Thy Name, by Pastor David Reese [Text: Luke 11:1,2 (Audio); Matthew 6:9 (Audio)]
2. WSC #102 & 103: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done, by Peter J. Wallace [Text: 2 Samuel 7 (Audio); Luke 1:26, 28 (Audio)]