As Jesus was eating the Passover meal with His disciples He spoke to Simon Peter. He told Simon Peter that Satan had asked permission of God to sift Peter as wheat is sifted. But Jesus added, “I have prayed for you, that your faith not fail…” How did brash Peter respond? (NASB) Luke 22:33-34 […]
The prayer of the week is based on Acts 4:12 To You most Holy God belongs praise, adoration and reverential awe. There is salvation in no one else. Only Your Son Jesus has obtained salvation for anyone whose faith is in Him as their Savior. No other name under heaven has been given […]
Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane in the dark hours before dawn. Roman soldiers and the religious temple guard came along with the chief priests and elders. These men came with torches, swords and clubs as if Jesus were a common robber. (Luke 22:52; John 18:3) Jesus questioned those arresting Him […]
Jesus was arrested in the dark hours of early morning on the Mount of Olives. His disciples were there. (NASB) Luke 22:49-51 “When those who were around Him saw what was going to happen, they said, ‘Lord, shall we strike with the sword?’ 50 And one of them struck the slave of the high […]
It was in the early hours before dawn when Jesus had finished praying. He then went to His sleeping disciples telling them: “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not enter into temptation.” (Luke 22:46) (NASB) Luke 22:47-48 “While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one […]
It was in the very early hours of the morning, the sun had some hours before it would rise on a new day, a day of coming death for Jesus. Jesus fervently and in agony had prayed, fully yielding to God His Father “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink […]
The prayer of the week is based on Psalm 103:1-5 Praise belongs to You, Lord God Almighty. When I think of the benefits I have been given because of faith in Jesus as my Savior, I praise you with all that is within me. You are the living God of the Holy […]
Jesus had fully yielded to His Father’s will for the coming hours of suffering, separation from His Father and death. There…there, the agony of battle was fought in Gethsemane. There…there, the battle was won! Jesus prayed on His face in that Garden of Olives. Jesus prayed with great emotion and His physical body […]
Jesus warned three of His disciples to “Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” For He had come back after praying to find them asleep. (Matthew 26:40-41) Then Jesus went away a second time to pray…alone. The first time […]
Prayer reveals various aspects of our emotions, our circumstances and our motives. Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane…to pray. His eleven disciples were there also. He asked Peter, James and John to go into the garden further because “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and […]