Jesus’ prayers are not just significant because he’s praying on earth as the model human. No, he’s also showing who, eternally, he is. John tells us, ‘Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself’ (Jn. 5:19). …For him, everything flows from his communion with his Father. And so for eternity he has enjoyed communion with him and he has prayed to him.
The Son, then, is the first pray-er. And the salvation he brings is a sharing of his own communion with his Father. Prayer is learning to enjoy what Jesus has always enjoyed.
—Michael Reeves, Enjoy Your Prayer Life (Leyland: 10Publishing, 2014), 20-21. Emphasis in original.
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