Sunday School: Jesus Prays

Intro

Jesus 1st Prayer

Jesus Ask For Assistance

Matthew 26:36 NKJV

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.”

Matthew 26:37 NKJV

And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

Jesus Agony

Matthew 26:38 NKJV

Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”

Jesus First Prayer

Matthew 26:39 NKJV

He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

Matthew 26:40 NKJV

Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?

Matthew 26:41 NKJV

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Jesus 2nd Prayer

The Struggle

Matthew 26:42 NKJV

Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

The Sleepers

Matthew 26:43 NKJV

And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

Jesus 3rd Prayer

The Struggle

Matthew 26:44 NKJV

So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

The Sleepers

Matthew 26:45 NKJV

Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Matthew 26:46 NKJV

Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”

Conclusion