When God brings us to a situation that seems too much to handle, we can ask Him for deliverance. I’ve always been heartened by the fact that Jesus prayed in Gethsemane, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done” (Luke 22...
St. Simon the Apostle was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He may have been one of the group of Zealots, the Jewish nationalistic party before becoming a follower of Christ.
25And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” Read ChapterAll Versions Mark 13:1-31 1As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones!
(The picture above is the Garden of Gethsemane. The olive trees are thought to be millennia old, possibly the same trees that sheltered Jesus and his disciples 2000 years ago.) Over the last two months, I’ve explored the topic of doubt in relation to faith through several posts. I’ve...
Here we see Jesus praying in the night, spending the entire night in prayer. Of course we have no reason to suppose that this was the constant practice of our Lord, nor do we even know how common this practice was, but there were certainly times when the whole night was given up to ...