The Lord's Prayer, as I have learned it, states in part: "Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." [1] The prayer appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke [2], [3].
The Lord's will is certainly carried out in Heaven but not on earth. On earth, Satan's will has prevailed, through secularism, relativism, materialism, division, disintegration of the family, degradation of morality and conscience, leading to the destruction of humanity.
Those who still believe in salvation must continue to pray because prayers do change the course of events, by reversing the momentum in the direction of Hell back toward Heaven. The more people who will pray, the sooner and more dramatic will be the reversal. Otherwise, "small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." [4]
[1] In Latin it is: "PATER noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra." [Emphasis added.] See http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/lordpray.htm
[2] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A9-13&version=ASV
[3] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+11%3A1-4&version=NIV
[4] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7%3A14&version=NIV
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