“Your Will be Done” (Luke 22:42 (LD 49)

We are creatures who have our own desires, convictions, and goals.  It is not natural for us as fallen creatures to put another’s will ahead of our own will.  If this is true then how can we pray, “Your will be done?”  How can we want the Lord’s will over our own will?  Is the Lord requiring something of us that is beyond our capabilities?  Does the Lord even know how difficult it is to desire such a thing? How do we know that our high priest who resides in the glory of heaven knows such a struggle?

How Are We Benefited by Christ’s Resurrection? (John 17:3; LD 22)

We are invited to listen to the last prayer of Christ prior to going to the cross.  What sort of things matter to Christ in this prayer?  What does this prayer communicate about the benefits of Christ’s resurrection?  What information could we even glean about the resurrection if Christ has not even died at this point in His ministry?  So, how are we benefitted by Christ’s resurrection right now?