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Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10) Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21) Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. (Ephesians 5:17) You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. (Hebrews 10:36) The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. (1 John 2:17) Submit yourselves, then, to God. (James 4:7) We have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. (Colossians 1:9) Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. (Psalm 143:10) I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. (Psalm 40:8) If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. (John 7:17) For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. (John 6:38) Who are my mother and my brothers? he asked. Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother. (Mark 3:33-35) Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done. (Luke 22:42) Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. (Philippians 2:12-13) And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ. (Ephesians 1:9-10) May the God of peace ... equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Hebrews 13:20-21) **Copyright, 2002, Brian Campbell (Permission is granted to copy for personal use only.)