Gethsemane

Today’s reading: Luke 22:35-53

There he told them, “Pray that you will not give in to temptation.” Lk‬ ‭22:40‬

In Gethsemane we see so many helpful lessons about prayer.

1) Alert prayer to God delivers from temptation. >> How fervently do we actually pray? What scriptures are we praying when our flesh is too weak to resist? Maybe it is time to get more acquainted with this type of watchful prayer.

2) The purpose of prayer isn’t to get our way. >> The purpose of prayer is to align our will with our Father’s. When this alignment happens, we are placed in the optimum position for the miraculous to take place. Our prayers become more powerful than we could ever imagined. If Jesus is delivered from death at this point, we would remain eternally in our own deaths.

Perhaps Jesus heard this kind of prayer from His momma:

Behold, I am the servant of the Lord;  let it be to me according to your word. - Lk 1:38

Jesus, you offered a genuine request with a genuine heart of surrender.

Jesus, we will follow your lead in the way we pray.