Jesus prayed "My Father if it is possible, let this cup be taken away from me. Yet not as I will but as you will". And then He went back to the disciples who were sleeping and told them to watch and pray. Then Jesus went to pray again. The same prayer. And again, He went back to the disciples and found them sleeping. He didn't wake them up this time, but He left them again to go pray the same prayer.
I never really took notice of this before, but Jesus prayed the same prayer three times. And I was wondering while reading this passage, how you can possibly pray a two sentence prayer for an hour. Either the bible is summarizing the gist of Jesus' prayer, or most of the prayer time is spent in meditation or listening to the Father, or in silence. Jesus did say to the disciples "Could you not keep watch with me for one hour?" Thus indicating that part of the prayer was "keeping watch". Then Jesus said "watch and pray so that you won't fall into temptation". That was confusing too. What kind of temptation was He referring to? I guess denying Christ, not having enough faith/(how they would run away later). The disciples didn't really understand the urgency of praying, or what would happen later, aka why Jesus was saying to watch/pray as to not fall into temptation. Sometimes we don't quite know what we're praying for either, or how urgent it is, but God knows, and He hears our prayers, and answers them.
yea, just some things that caught my attention. Just an encouragement to continue to pray, not out of routine, but out of urgency. And to keep watch when God calls you to do so.
Imagine Jesus saying to you, "Could you not keep watch with me for one hour?"
So, let us pray out of the same love and same Spirit.
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