therefore, consists of saying to the Father, “Not as I will, but as You will. Your will be done.” It consists of renouncing our own will and embracing the will of God. Jesus gave us a prayer to use as a pattern; it is, of course, what we call the Lord’s Prayer. In part of this prayer He included this very principle. He taught us to pray: “Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (see Matthew 6:9–10). When we come to God we have to say, “Your will be done.” And within those