99 Garden of Agony

Matthew 26:36-46; Luke 22:39-46; Mark 14:32-42; John 18:1
TBC Book Two, Chapter 99
​The disciples wondered what lay ahead as they followed Jesus out of Jerusalem. They walked across the Kidron Valley toward the Mount of Olives. The disciples knew where he was heading—to an olive grove called Gethsemane. Often they had gone there. But now, as they entered the garden, Jesus told them to sit down and wait for him.

“I’m going over there to pray,” he said. Then he motioned to Peter, James, and John. “Come with me,” he whispered.

As soon as they left the group, it became obvious to them that Jesus was troubled. He stopped and put his head into his hands.

“What is it?” they asked. “What’s wrong?”

Jesus groaned so deeply that he sounded like a man in agony.

“I feel terribly overwhelmed,” he said. “My soul is filled with so much sorrow. . . . It feels like the pains of death. Stay with me. Stay close by and watch while I pray.”

Jesus walked a short distance beyond them. Then he dropped to his knees and fell forward with his face to the ground. . . .

(See THE BIBLE CLICKS, Book Two, Chapter 99, for the rest of the story.)
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Today’s Takeaways
     A proverb to guide you: Not every prayer request is granted a “Yes,” even for the Son of God. Sometimes we are called to drink the cup . . . of suffering.
     A promise to cling to: “He fell with his face to the ground and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will. . . . He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.’ . . . He left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.” Matthew 26:39,42,44 NIV       
     A praise to fill you: Blessings  Laura Story     [Can skip ad after first 5 seconds]

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