Westminster Shorter Catechism
Memory cards for questions 101 to 107
Westminster Shorter Catechism · Q101
What do we pray for in the first petition?
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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.
Matthew 6:9; Psalm 67:2-3; Psalm 83
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q102
What do we pray for in the second petition?
frontAnswer 102
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 others brought into it, and kept in it; and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.
Matthew 6:10; Psalm 68:1, 18; Revelation 12:10-11; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; Romans 10:1; John 17:9, 20; Revelation 22:20
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q103
What do we pray for in the third petition?
frontAnswer 103
In the third petition, which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven, we pray that God, by his grace, would make us able and willing to know, obey and submit to his will in all things, as the angels do in heaven.
Matthew 6:10; Psalm 67; Psalm 119:36; Matthew 26:39; 2 Samuel 15:25; Job 1:21; Psalm 103:20-21
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q104
What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
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In the fourth petition, which is, Give us this day our daily bread, we pray that of God’s free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy his blessing with them.
Matthew 6:11; Proverbs 30:8-9; Genesis 28:20; 1 Timothy 4:4-5
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q105
What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
frontAnswer 105
In the fifth petition, which is, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, we pray that God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins; which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by his grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.
Matthew 6:12; Psalm 51:1-2, 7, 9; Daniel 9:17-19; Luke 11:4; Matthew 18:35
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q106
What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
frontAnswer 106
In the sixth petition, which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, we pray that God would either keep us from being tempted to sin, or support and deliver us when we are tempted.
Matthew 6:12; Matthew 26:41; 2 Corinthians 12:7-8
backWestminster Shorter Catechism · Q107
What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s prayer teach us?
frontAnswer 107
The conclusion of the Lord’s prayer, which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever, Amen, teacheth us to take our encouragement in prayer from God only, and in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power and glory to him. And in testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen.
Matthew 6:13; Daniel 9:4-9, 16-19; 1 Chronicles 29:10-13; 1 Corinthians 14:16; Revelation 22:20-21
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