Jesus went to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane, and each time He came back, the disciples were asleep. Jesus asked them to “watch and pray” because temptation is near. Have you ever noticed that when you are tired at night you are tempted to do whatever your flesh or mind is telling...
In fact, the evangelists love to remind us that he’s one of the 12 in Matthew 26 and in Mark 14 we’re told that he’s one of the 12 when he goes to betray Jesus to the hive priest, when he goes to betray him in the garden of Gethsemane. We’re again reminded by Matthew ...
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane (Mk 14.32–42; Lk 22.39–46) 36Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. Grief and anguish came over him, 38...
When he writes a song on the text “My Jesus, what affliction of the soul befell Thee in Gethsemane,” we feel in the plunging tritones the fall of Adam, and in the crushing suspensions, the sighs of Christ as he accepts the sins and sorrows of the world. These were the literal ...
” And I wince, because really, I can very much be that clanging gong in 1 Corinthians 13 who goes through the acts of service without the purity of love in my heart. And every day, I must ask Jesus to make my heart a receptacle into which He pours His love. I am a needful ...
It is reminiscent of the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prays for the cup to pass from Him, yet submits to the Father's will. No, it was for this very reason I came to this hourThis declaration affirms Jesus' resolute commitment to His mission. The phrase "for this very reason" ...
The Garden of Gethsemane Now, the next passage we come to follows these events. Jesus and the disciples are in the garden, and the men come to arrest Jesus. At least two of the disciples are armed, with the knowledge and consent of Jesus. Here is the question: Will they use the sword...
When our Saviour was in the wilderness of temptation, “angels came and ministered unto him” (Matthew 4:11). And at last in the Garden of Gethsemane, when all the world was against Him and the burden of our sins rested upon Him, we read that an angel appeared unto Him from heaven,...
"Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again, rejoice!" (Phil. 4:4). What does it mean to rejoice always and how can we do it in light of both the big and small hardships we face daily? We can learn how to rejoice always when we look at Jesus Christ
5 Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”— 6 because he did not know what to say, for they were greatly afraid. 7 And a cloud came and overshadowed them...