Ill that he blesses is our good, And unblest good is ill; And all is right that seems most wrong, If it be his sweet Will! Fourthly, prayer is a means of gaining strength to do God’s will. Having prayed ‘Your will be done’ in the Garden of Gethsemane, Luke records that an angel came and strengthened our Lord Jesus (22:43). That strengthening did not diminish the anguish, but it sustained him in his prayer for God’s will to be done (Luke 22:44,45). Our strength is renewed as we look to God (Isaiah
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