Jesus’s Prayer in the Garden (Palm Sunday) – April 13, 2025
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Pastor Jeremy Mayol
Mark 14:32-36 (CSB)
32 Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, Sit here while I pray. 33 He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 He said to them, I am deeply grieved to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake. 35 He went a little farther, fell to the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, not what I will, but what you will.
Jesus’s prayer included:
1. Humility: “All things are possible for you.”
Colossians 1:16-17 (CSB)
16 For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and by him all things hold together.
2. Transparency: “Take this cup away from me.”
2 Corinthians 12:7-9 (CSB)
7 Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so that I would not exalt myself. 8 Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it would leave me. 9 But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness. Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.
3. Surrender: “Not what I will, but what you will.”
Isaiah 26:3-4 (CSB)
3 You will keep the mind that is dependent on you in perfect peace, for it is trusting in you. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, because in the Lord, the Lord himself, is an everlasting rock!
Psalm 51:17 (CSB)
17 A broken and a contrite heart, God will not despise.
Psalm 34:18 (CSB)
18 The Lord is near the broken; he saves those crushed in spirit.
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