Whose Will?
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On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”
“Go into the city to a certain man,” he said, “and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time is near; I am celebrating the Passover at your place with my disciples.’ ”
So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
When evening came, he was reclining at the table with the Twelve.
While they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”
Deeply distressed, each one began to say to him, “Surely not I, Lord?”
He replied, “The one who dipped his hand with me in the bowl—he will betray me.
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.”
Judas, his betrayer, replied, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” “You have said it,” he told him.
Even my friend in whom I trusted, one who ate my bread, has raised his heel against me.
As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take and eat it; this is my body.”
Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he gave it to them and said, “Drink from it, all of you.
For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
But I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory because of your faithful love, because of your truth.
Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Our God is in heaven and does whatever he pleases.
Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.
They have hands but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot make a sound with their throats.
Those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield.
House of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield.
You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield.
The Lord remembers us and will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;
he will bless those who fear the Lord— small and great alike.
May the Lord add to your numbers, both yours and your children’s.
May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
The heavens are the Lord’s, but the earth he has given to the human race.
It is not the dead who praise the Lord, nor any of those descending into the silence of death.
But we will bless the Lord, both now and forever. Hallelujah!
Praise the Lord, all nations! Glorify him, all peoples!
For his faithful love to us is great; the Lord’s faithfulness endures forever. Hallelujah!
Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will fall away because of me, for it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.
But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”
Peter told him, “Even if everyone falls away because of you, I will never fall away.”
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to him, “tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
“Even if I have to die with you,” Peter told him, “I will never deny you,” and all the disciples said the same thing.
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
He said to them, “I am deeply grieved to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”
Going a little farther, he fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me one hour?
Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”
And he came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open.
After leaving them, he went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.
Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? See, the time is near. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Get up; let’s go. See, my betrayer is near.”
The Savior God Wants Us to Know
Loved others in the midst of his trial
In what areas of your life do you need to celebrate the goodness of God?
In what area of your spiritual walk are you talking the talk but not following through?
In what area specifically do you need to pray “not my will but yours be done?”