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In the movie "The Hunt for Red October" shortly after CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) boards the carrier USS Enterprise Rear Admiral Joshua Painter (Fred Thompson) asks the question "what's his plan?" A few moments later he clarifies his question by stating "Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan." Most of us like to have a plan - we like to know how things are going to happen, and what to expect. That describes me very well, I like to have all my ducks in a row. I don't just want to know what is going to happen today, I want to understand what is going to happen next week, next month, even next year.
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Jesus started out the prayer with "Our Father, who is in heaven" identifying for us the center of God's dominion. Revelation 12 and Isaiah 14 remind us that due to Lucifer's rebellion he was cast down to the earth because there was no longer a place for him in heaven. With Lucifer's removal from heaven God's will is perfectly carried out within the confines of heaven - Lucifer has no power there!
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A number of years ago when I was going through a rather difficult time in my life I was introduced to a song by Jessica King titled "Keep Me In Your Will." The lyrics of this song had a profound impact on my life as it is a prayer asking God to "keep me in [His] will, so I won't be in [His] way." Sometimes my plans are NOT God's plans, and my will is NOT God's will. Two questions come to mind about this: How do I know what God's will is? and how do I stay in it?
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