To pray as Jesus prayed on the night of His betrayal: (NASB) Matthew 26:42 “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

Jesus asked three disciples to “˜watch and pray”™ while He went a little further, falling on His face to pray in the velvet blackness of night deep in the Garden of Gethsemane. They slept. (NASB) Matthew 26:40 “And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “˜So, you men could […]

When Jesus has asked you to watch and pray”¦how have you responded? Has He found you sleeping? If your answer is “˜Yes”™”¦then you have an opportunity to change. You can choose to do as He asks or you can say “˜No”™ to Him. When we ignore the Lord Jesus Christ, we are walking away from […]

In John 12:24 (NIV), Jesus predicted His death when He said, “I tell you the truth, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” When Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane He was preparing to become […]

What had Jesus never before experienced? He had never experienced separation from God the Father! He had never experienced sin! How appalling that must have been for Him. How did Jesus handle this coming difficult and excruciating experience? Matthew tells us: (NASB) Matthew 26:39 “And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His […]

Jesus faced deep, distressing sorrow. How did He do it? How did He survive? He turned to the Source from which He would have release. Did it mean that He would be instantly cured or instantly taken out of the distressing events? No, it did not. He turned to His Father in prayer in submission […]

(NIV) Psalm 116:1-7 “I LOVE the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. 2Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. 3The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me; I was overcome by trouble and […]

Jesus had taken three of His disciples into the inner recesses of the Garden of Gethsemane on the night He would be betrayed. (NIV) Matthew 26:37-38 “He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then He said to them, “˜My soul is overwhelmed […]

As a follower of Christ we never have to not know what to do when in a tight, difficult or painful circumstance. We always can make the best decision by looking to God in prayer. And this is exactly what Jesus did”¦He went into the Garden of Gethsemane intentionally to pray. He was making a […]

(NASB) Matthew 26:37a “And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee”¦” Jesus chose three men to go deeper into the Garden of Gethsemane in the dark of night. Peter, James and John had been chosen to go on the mountain top when Jesus was transfigured. Now they had been chosen to […]