Monday, July 16, 2012

Knowing God - He Prayed Earnestly




Luke 22:44

 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Jesus was agonizing the night before His crucifixion.  During this agony, he prayed more earnestly.  We learn from Him that agonizing times call for more earnest prayer.  We must find a place to pour out our hearts to the Lord; a place where we can cry out, weep and perhaps even raise our voice in His presence.  Agony is painful and agony can produce a great sense of being drowned or suffocated.  Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane.  Jesus took His disciples with Him.  In those times of agony, find a Garden of Gethsemane.  In those times of great trepidation, take some friends who love you and the Lord with you.  Pray more earnestly in order to get the strength you may need for what is about to happen.  Your will, will catch up to His when an earnest prayer is made in the midst of agony.

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