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 Well, a very good morning, Brunsfield.

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 It is wonderful to be part of your service this morning.

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 I'm very sorry that we're not able to meet physically together,

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 but I hope you're keeping well, and not just physically, but spiritually,

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 and that God is really using this time to speak to you as a church,

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 but also to you as individuals.

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 So this time is going to be a time of transformation

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 and a deepened devotion to Him and everything that happens.

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 So we're going to be looking at this passage in Matthew 26,

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 verse 36 and onwards.

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 And if you have a Bible, I encourage you to have it open wherever you are,

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 because we'll be looking at that together in a moment or two.

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 But let me take you back first to 1945.

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 On April 9th, the German pastor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer,

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 who was associated with an attempt on taking Hitler's life,

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 faced the gallows just outside of his prison cell

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 in the Flossenberg concentration camp.

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 Now, his famous last words are actually debated whether they are authentic or not,

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 but they are quite impressive.

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 He possibly could have said,

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 this is not the end for me, as he faced his death,

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 but it's the beginning of life.

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 But even so, whether it was authentic or not,

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 he certainly seemed, according to eyewitnesses,

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 totally at peace and serene.

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 And it's interesting that when you look up the different famous or lesser famous martyrs,

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 that's often the description you find.

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 Some even faced their death with utter joy.

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 So how different when we read about Jesus' agony and sorrow

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 and his pleading with the Father,

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 how different the picture seems to be as Jesus faces his own death.

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 Now, just to give you a little bit of context,

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 it's nearly what we would call Good Friday,

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 but the week has been tough.

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 Ever since the triumphal entry,

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 Jesus had opposition growing against him time and time again.

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 He's also spent a lot of time with his disciples,

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 trying to get as much teaching and training into them

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 before it was time for him to die on the cross.

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 And of course, the cross itself was looming larger and larger over that week.

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 And events described here in our text describe Thursday night.

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 Jesus had time with his disciples celebrating the Passover

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 and actually giving it a completely new meaning,

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 some of which will have only been fulfilled by Jesus' death on the cross

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 and maybe only would have made sins afterwards to the disciples.

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 But afterwards, we now find ourselves in a garden,

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 very appropriately called Gethsemane,

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 which meant the oil press,

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 which may have been a hint to what lay ahead for Jesus

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 as he would trod the wine press of the anger of his Father.

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 One certainly can't help but think of another garden,

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 the very first garden,

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 which was the garden where the rebellion all began.

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 But here in this second garden,

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 it would lead to restoration,

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 paradise restored,

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 paradise made completely new.

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 And Jesus came here to this garden to pray.

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 And people, this morning, I want us to see three things

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 as we look at this passage together.

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 First, I want us to see what leads Jesus to pray

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 and see how actually Christ's agony

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 reveals to us Christ's love.

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 for us.

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 Secondly, we should also listen to what Jesus prays

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 and very much see that Christ trusts the Father in his suffering.

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 Thirdly, though,

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 we must also see the lack of prayer of those who are with him

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 and see how this passage also confronts us

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 with how the disciples are found wanting.

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 So let's first look at what led Jesus to pray.

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 And I wonder if there's ever been a time

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 where you have faced something

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 very challenging,

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 very scary, perhaps,

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 maybe something very difficult.

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 May have been an exam,

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 maybe a driving test,

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 your third or fourth attempt.

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 But it might have been also an operation.

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 Or maybe you've even faced death itself.

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 Whatever it may have been,

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 you know what it can be like

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 and how it can really hit your stomach

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 and it can give you sleepless nights.

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 What we find in verse 37 and verse 38,

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 the description that Jesus is becoming more

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 and more sorrowful and troubled.

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 It says,

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 he says to them,

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 my soul is overwhelmed with sorrow

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 to the point of death.

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 It's very much like how Psalm 42 puts it,

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 how his soul seems to be downcast

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 and disturbed within him.

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 And it even leads him to pray to the Father,

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 if it is at all possible,

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 may this cup be taken from me.

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 Now, let's not misunderstand Jesus.

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 He's not having second thoughts.

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 He's certainly not afraid of the abuse,

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 the insults or the lashes

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 which are going to confront him.

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 It's something much deeper.

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 The Greek here literally means

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 astonished or amazed.

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 Now, you may think this is impossible

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 for an all-knowing and an all-powerful God

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 to be astonished or amazed at anything.

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 But people, it's the realization,

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 it's the first experience

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 that Jesus has of the horror

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 of what lay ahead.

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 As one commentator puts it,

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 all Jesus can see right now

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 before him is the evil,

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 the wrath,

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 the abyss,

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 the chasm,

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 the nothingness of the cup

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 that he was about to drink,

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 which meant exclusion from God

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 and with that,

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 the exclusion of his love

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 and his light.

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 And people,

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 let's remember that this is

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 really only a foretaste

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 by Jesus' staggers.

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 See, people,

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 the cup

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 is a reference

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 to God's wrath.

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 For example,

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 Isaiah chapter 51,

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 verse 17

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 tells us,

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 Now,

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 this notion of God

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 being angry

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 and God's wrath

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 is not something

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 that many of us like.

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 It might be exactly

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 the aversion you have

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 to Christianity.

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 See,

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 I told you

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 that Christian God

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 is always angry.

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 But part of our problem

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 is seeing anger

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 from a human perspective

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 and in that sense

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 from a human

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 broken perspective.

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 Where we see anger

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 the way we've experienced

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 it ourselves

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 as something uncontrolled,

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 explosive,

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 often disproportionate

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 and a violent reaction

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 and very much

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 the opposite of love.

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 However,

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 it is actually possible

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 to be angry

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 not as opposite of love

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 but as part of love.

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 Something I can get

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 really angry about

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 almost in a helpless way

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 is abuse.

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 You just have to open

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 the pages of the newspaper

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 and you'll find

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 abuse of all kinds

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 but particularly

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 child abuse.

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 And I guess

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 it is motivated

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 by love for me

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 because as a father,

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 as a parent myself,

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 it's the last thing

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 I would ever want

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 to see happen

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 to my very own children.

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 And so similarly,

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 God's love

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 actually demands

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 his anger at sin

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 for him to ignore it

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 or not to do anything

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 about it

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 would be unloving indeed.

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 And Jesus

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 would drink

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 God's anger,

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 his judgment,

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 all due to our filth

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 in our place.

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 And to put it

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 in other words,

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 Jesus actually

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 would experience

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 the death

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 that is due

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 to sinners.

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 And people,

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 that's why

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 on the one hand

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 we should by all means

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 fear death

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 yet at the same time

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 we don't have to.

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 I remember growing up

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 somebody saying,

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 do you know

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 that where Jesus

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 hung on the cross

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 is really where

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 you should have

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 been hanging?

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 But I want to take it

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 one step further

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 because not only

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 should we have hung

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 where Christ hung

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 on the cross,

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 we should have also

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 been where Christ

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 was in the garden

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 where we would have

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 like Jesus

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 been absolutely

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 troubled

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 by the sinfulness

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 of man

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 especially our own.

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 Yet because Jesus

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 came

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 out of his very

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 own free will

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 and placed himself

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 into this agony

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 that he experienced

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 in this garden

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 our prayer

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 can actually

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 be different

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 from Jesus' prayer.

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 And so rather

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 than praying

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 to Father

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 God

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 if it is at all

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 possible

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 may this cup

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 that we deserve

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 pass from us

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 we can actually

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 pray to the Father

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 and say thanks

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 to your grace

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 and your mercy

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 this cup

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 has passed

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 to Jesus

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 and I no longer

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 have to fear

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 death.

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 And so people

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 this is the love

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 we want

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 this is actually

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 the love

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 that we need

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 it's a love

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 that no one

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 else can give us.

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 It meant

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 that the cup

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 of judgment

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 could become

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 a cup of blessing

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 which we still

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 rejoice

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 and celebrate

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 today.

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 It also means

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 that we have

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 a high priest

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 who not only

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 fully understands

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 anything that we

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 go through

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 but also

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 continues to pray

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 for us today

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 bringing each

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 one of us

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 before our

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 Heavenly Father.

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 Can I encourage you

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 that if you do

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 not yet know

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 this love

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 that you may

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 today

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 commit your

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 heart and

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 your life

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 to this

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 Jesus

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 and may

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 you trust

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 in him

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 and know

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 his love

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 in what we

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 see here

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 today

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 for Jesus

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 agony

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 reveals

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 Jesus

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 love

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 for us.

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 Now secondly

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 we also want

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 to see

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 that Christ

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 trusts the

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 Father

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 in his

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 suffering.

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 Verse 39

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 doesn't just

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 tell us

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 Jesus

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 praying to

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 the Father

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 if it's

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 possible

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 may this

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 cup pass

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 from me

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 but he also

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 says yet

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 not as I

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 will

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 but as

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 you

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 will.

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 People may

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 be very

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 clear that

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 Jesus does

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 wrestle

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 and yet

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 he obeys.

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 Sometimes

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 we don't

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 share that

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 enough with

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 one another

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 but it's

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 okay to

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 wrestle

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 to wrestle

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 with the

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 things in

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 life that

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 we find

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 difficult

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 or find

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 hard to

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 understand.

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 Isn't that

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 what most

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 of the

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 Psalms are

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 about?

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 People

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 wrestling

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 with God

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 and yet

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 the wrestling

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 must always

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 end with

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 a submissive

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 and a

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 joyful

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 obedience

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 because this

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 is exactly

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 why Jesus

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 prays not

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 just to

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 wrestle but

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 also how

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 he prays

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 because Jesus

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 as we'll

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 see is

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 when he

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 prays he

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 calls God

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 his Father

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 and it

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 shows us

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 so many

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 things.

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 Doesn't it

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 remind us

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 that Jesus

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 knows exactly

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 who he's

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 talking to

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 and isn't

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 it also a

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 reflection of

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 their relationship

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 and isn't

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 Jesus knowing

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 that God

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 his Father

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 is good

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 and cares

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 and is not

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 only all

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 powerful but

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 also all

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 wise

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 and Jesus

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 knows that

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 he's loved

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 hence he

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 dares to

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 say in

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 pure

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 submission

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 not my

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 will

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 but yours

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 that

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 submission

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 is even

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 beautifully

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 demonstrated

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 by Jesus

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 actually falling

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 face down

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 before the

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 Father

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 what a

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 picture of

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 humility

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 and submission

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 and that

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 submission again

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 is seen in

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 the movement

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 in his

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 prayer

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 where once

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 he prayed

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 if this

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 cup could

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 pass

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 later on

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 in verse

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 42

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 he says

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 but if

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 it's not

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 possible

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 I'm ready

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 people

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 Jesus

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 trust

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 the

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 Father

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 in his

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 suffering

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 I wonder

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 how we

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 react

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 when we

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 face

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 any

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 challenges

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 or any

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 fear

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 or any

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 suffering

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 I think

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 a lot

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 of us

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 either try

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 to run

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 away

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 we try

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 to avoid

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 discomfort

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 at all

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 means

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 we maybe

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 even put

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 our head

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 in the

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 sand

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 or we

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 try to

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 sort it

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 out

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 ourselves

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 we place

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 the trust

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 in us

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 and if

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 we pray

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 we don't

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 necessarily

00:12:58.379 --> 00:12:58.899
 wrestle

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 in prayer

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 we might

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 just

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 chuck it

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 towards

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 God

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 and even

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 if we

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 wrestle

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 we might

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 only

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 wrestle

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 without

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 the

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 submission

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 to follow

00:13:10.580 --> 00:13:12.939
 in that

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 sense

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 I do

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 wonder

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 how much

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 this virus

00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:15.799
 and all

00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:16.299
 the fear

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 that many

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 have

00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:18.559
 experienced

00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:18.840
 in the

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 anxiety

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 has it

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 changed

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 us at

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 all

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 I mean

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 how easy

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 do we

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 find it

00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:24.779
 today

00:13:24.779 --> 00:13:25.620
 to truly

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 pray

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 not my

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 will

00:13:27.340 --> 00:13:28.620
 but yours

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 but this

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 people

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 this trust

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 that Jesus

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 had

00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:34.039
 is the

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 trust

00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:35.039
 that we

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 need

00:13:35.340 --> 00:13:36.460
 people

00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:36.939
 we ought

00:13:36.939 --> 00:13:37.220
 to be

00:13:37.220 --> 00:13:37.579
 praying

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 far more

00:13:38.439 --> 00:13:39.240
 than we

00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:39.500
 do

00:13:39.500 --> 00:13:40.519
 and when

00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:41.079
 we pray

00:13:41.079 --> 00:13:41.799
 we must

00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:42.179
 know

00:13:42.179 --> 00:13:42.600
 that we're

00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:42.960
 coming

00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:43.840
 to our

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 heavenly

00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:44.639
 father

00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.360
 who is

00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:45.759
 good

00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:46.799
 who is

00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:47.419
 generous

00:13:47.419 --> 00:13:48.779
 who longs

00:13:48.779 --> 00:13:49.379
 to bless

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 and works

00:13:50.340 --> 00:13:51.120
 all things

00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:51.580
 for the

00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:51.840
 good

00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:52.820
 of those

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 who love

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 him

00:13:54.019 --> 00:13:57.620
 and people

00:13:57.620 --> 00:13:58.259
 like

00:13:58.259 --> 00:13:58.879
 Jesus

00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:00.220
 we must

00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:01.080
 also come

00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:02.120
 in that

00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:03.080
 submissive

00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:04.360
 humility

00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:05.560
 what I would

00:14:05.560 --> 00:14:06.480
 consider true

00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:07.120
 worship

00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:08.580
 falling face

00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:08.899
 down

00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:10.899
 and in many

00:14:10.899 --> 00:14:11.540
 ways isn't

00:14:11.540 --> 00:14:12.320
 this what the

00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:13.000
 Lord's prayer

00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.860
 is all about

00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:14.620
 you may have

00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:14.940
 heard this

00:14:14.940 --> 00:14:15.720
 suggestion already

00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:16.360
 but the

00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:16.900
 hand washing

00:14:16.900 --> 00:14:17.560
 for 20

00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:18.459
 seconds can

00:14:18.459 --> 00:14:19.000
 be accompanied

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.519
 by singing

00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.079
 happy birthday

00:14:20.079 --> 00:14:21.399
 twice but

00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:21.919
 it's also

00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:22.679
 the time

00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:23.659
 you can use

00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:24.479
 much better

00:14:24.479 --> 00:14:25.379
 by praying

00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:25.919
 the Lord's

00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:26.219
 prayer

00:14:26.219 --> 00:14:27.739
 because there

00:14:27.739 --> 00:14:28.259
 we pray

00:14:28.259 --> 00:14:28.839
 just like

00:14:28.839 --> 00:14:29.199
 Jesus

00:14:29.199 --> 00:14:30.199
 our father

00:14:30.199 --> 00:14:31.699
 and then

00:14:31.699 --> 00:14:32.359
 we pray

00:14:32.359 --> 00:14:33.799
 who art

00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:34.219
 in heaven

00:14:34.219 --> 00:14:35.779
 and then

00:14:35.779 --> 00:14:36.299
 we worship

00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:37.000
 him and say

00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:37.659
 hallowed be

00:14:37.659 --> 00:14:38.079
 your name

00:14:38.079 --> 00:14:38.659
 that is like

00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:39.399
 coming to

00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:40.199
 him face

00:14:40.199 --> 00:14:40.659
 down to

00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:41.639
 before him

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.559
 and then

00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:42.859
 we say

00:14:42.859 --> 00:14:43.379
 your kingdom

00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:43.879
 come and

00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:44.139
 then

00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:45.339
 exactly

00:14:45.340 --> 00:14:46.440
 your will

00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:46.920
 be done

00:14:46.920 --> 00:14:47.660
 on earth

00:14:47.660 --> 00:14:48.620
 in my

00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:49.040
 life

00:14:49.040 --> 00:14:50.240
 as it is

00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:50.660
 in heaven

00:14:50.660 --> 00:14:52.399
 people will

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:52.960
 we like

00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:53.320
 Jesus

00:14:53.320 --> 00:14:54.600
 trust the

00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:54.920
 father

00:14:54.920 --> 00:14:56.080
 in our

00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:56.480
 suffering

00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:59.320
 but thirdly

00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:00.360
 sadly we do

00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:01.960
 find a real

00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:02.780
 contrast

00:15:02.780 --> 00:15:04.720
 to Christ's

00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:05.220
 prayerfulness

00:15:05.220 --> 00:15:06.160
 in the

00:15:06.160 --> 00:15:06.720
 disciples

00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:07.639
 prayerlessness

00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:09.280
 verse 40

00:15:09.280 --> 00:15:10.340
 and verse 41

00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:11.660
 tells us that

00:15:11.660 --> 00:15:12.560
 Jesus returns

00:15:12.560 --> 00:15:13.340
 to the disciples

00:15:13.340 --> 00:15:14.740
 and finds them

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.160
 sleeping

00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:16.659
 and he says

00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:17.179
 could you men

00:15:17.179 --> 00:15:17.559
 not keep

00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:18.519
 watch with

00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:18.959
 me for

00:15:18.959 --> 00:15:19.579
 one hour

00:15:19.579 --> 00:15:20.379
 he asked

00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:20.659
 Peter

00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:22.379
 watch and

00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:22.779
 pray

00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:23.939
 so that you

00:15:23.939 --> 00:15:24.319
 will not

00:15:24.319 --> 00:15:24.740
 fall into

00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.299
 temptation

00:15:25.299 --> 00:15:26.659
 for the

00:15:26.659 --> 00:15:27.079
 spirit is

00:15:27.079 --> 00:15:27.379
 willing

00:15:27.379 --> 00:15:28.459
 but the

00:15:28.459 --> 00:15:28.759
 body

00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:29.879
 is weak

00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:31.980
 I found

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.439
 it quite

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 tempting

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 to nearly

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 overlook

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 this

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 or certainly

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 underestimate

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 its importance

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 I mean we

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 can make

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 excuses

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 can't we

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 for the

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 disciples

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 it's late

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 the middle

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 of the night

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 it's been

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 an intense

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 week

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 I mean

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 wouldn't

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 you

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 have

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 fallen

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 asleep

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 yourself

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 of course

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 it's sad

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 that they

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 weren't

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 more supportive

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 but if you're

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 anything like

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 me I start

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 yawning from

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 about 930

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 onwards

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 I remember

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 in my college

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 days somebody

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 had organized

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 an all night

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 prayer meeting

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 boy did I

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 struggle

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 through that

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 indeed

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 and yet people

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 in the context

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 it's very clear

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 that the

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 disciples

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 sleepiness

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 is understood

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 first of all

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 as disobedience

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 disobedience

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 to Christ's

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 call to

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 watch

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 and later

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 to watch

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 and pray

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 I even

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 wonder if

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 it's the

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 initial form

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 of denial

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 that Jesus

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 predicted

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 not only

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 Peter but

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 also his

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 disciples

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 to be

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 guilty of

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 later

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 Matthew

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 particularly

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 mentions that

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 it happened

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 three times

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 that they

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 fell asleep

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 and so even

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 though there's

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 no crow

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 remember Peter

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 had just said

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 to Jesus

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 I will never

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 leave you

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 nor forsake

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 you

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 but here's

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 the beginning

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 of him

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 already

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 starting to

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 give in

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 and give up

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 and deny

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 his very

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 savior

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 his lord

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 but Jesus

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 also points

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 out that it's

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 not just

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 disobedience

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 it's not

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 just some

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 form of

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 denial

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 it's actually

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 that prayerlessness

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 is actually

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 dangerous

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 he is calling

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 to watch

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 and pray

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 so that they

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 will not

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 fall into

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 temptation

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 well what

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 temptation

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 may this

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 be

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 it's

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 probably the

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 temptation

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 of

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 unfaithfulness

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 the disciples

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 are found

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 wanting

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 and people

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 I do wonder

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 how the church

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 compares

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 to them

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 how we

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 compare

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 for we

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 like the

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 disciples

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 have also

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 been called

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 to watch

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 and pray

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 and it's

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 interesting

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 that in

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 1st Peter

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 chapter 5

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 verse 6

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 through 8

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 and I wonder

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 if Peter

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 might have

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 even thought

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 back of that

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 moment in

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 Gethsemane

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 he writes

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 humble yourselves

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 therefore under

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 God's mighty

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 hand

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 that he

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 may lift

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 you up

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 in due

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 time

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 cast all

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 your cares

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 on him

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 because he

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 cares for

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 you

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 be self-controlled

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 and alert

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 your enemy

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 the devil

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 prowls around

00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:51.019
 like a roaring

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 lion

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 people how often

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 do we find

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 that combination

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 of watching

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 and praying

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 of being alert

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 because of the

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 devil our enemy

00:17:59.679 --> 00:18:00.679
 again in

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 Ephesians chapter 6

00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.679
 it reads

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 and pray in the

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 spirit on all

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 occasions

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 keep alert

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 and always

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 keep on

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 praying

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 one commentator

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 says no

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 prayer

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 no power

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 people not

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 only is

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:16.120
 prayer the

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 secret to

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 faithfulness

00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:19.580
 and fruitfulness

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 in our life

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 to God

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 but it's also

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 the defense

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 people insufficient

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:26.460
 prayer and a

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 prayerless frame

00:18:27.580 --> 00:18:28.180
 of mind

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 if we're not

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 vigilant

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.960
 we will be

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 ensnared

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 also

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 by

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 temptation

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:37.160
 and into

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 temptation

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 people were

00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.480
 told that

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 Jesus

00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:41.579
 his

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 Jesus Christ

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 his soul

00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.180
 was heavy

00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.920
 and the

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:45.940
 disciples eyes

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.539
 were heavy

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:48.019
 but people

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:48.920
 even if our

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 eyes are heavy

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.460
 actually

00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:52.460
 exactly because

00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:53.319
 our eyes are

00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:53.539
 heavy

00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.759
 we must

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.340
 watch

00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:56.079
 and pray

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:57.380
 there is too

00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:57.720
 much

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.900
 at stake

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 I guess

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 part of the

00:19:01.320 --> 00:19:01.700
 problem

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:03.060
 their problem

00:19:03.060 --> 00:19:03.519
 as well as

00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.019
 our problem

00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.480
 was just

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 simple

00:19:04.840 --> 00:19:05.960
 incomprehension

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:07.060
 of all that

00:19:07.060 --> 00:19:07.519
 was going

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:07.920
 on

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.780
 not fully

00:19:08.780 --> 00:19:09.380
 realizing

00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:09.940
 what Jesus

00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.500
 was about

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.900
 to do

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:12.420
 they hadn't

00:19:12.420 --> 00:19:13.320
 fully grasped

00:19:13.320 --> 00:19:13.920
 the love

00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:14.700
 of Christ

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 which was

00:19:15.100 --> 00:19:15.759
 on display

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.800
 now the

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 tiredness

00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:17.519
 wouldn't

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:18.000
 have helped

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 but all

00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:18.580
 this

00:19:18.580 --> 00:19:19.820
 incomprehension

00:19:19.820 --> 00:19:20.680
 even of

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:21.060
 what was

00:19:21.060 --> 00:19:21.740
 at stake

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:23.180
 would not

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:23.620
 have helped

00:19:23.620 --> 00:19:23.840
 them

00:19:23.840 --> 00:19:25.220
 in their

00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:25.540
 lack

00:19:25.540 --> 00:19:26.740
 in trust

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.220
 in the

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.700
 good father

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:29.440
 so people

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:29.759
 may

00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.400
 this

00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:31.319
 scene

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:32.319
 and the

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:33.100
 agony

00:19:33.100 --> 00:19:33.620
 that Jesus

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 went through

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.840
 for us

00:19:34.840 --> 00:19:36.100
 be a great

00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:36.600
 reminder

00:19:36.600 --> 00:19:37.819
 not only of

00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:38.380
 the great

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.920
 love that

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.519
 Christ had

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:39.940
 for us

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:40.319
 that even

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.680
 though

00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.360
 he had

00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:41.819
 a picture

00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.559
 of what

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:42.840
 he was

00:19:42.840 --> 00:19:43.299
 still to

00:19:43.299 --> 00:19:43.759
 go through

00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.000
 and he

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.480
 went through

00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.660
 with it

00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:46.080
 and for

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:46.380
 it for

00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:46.700
 us

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 may it

00:19:47.840 --> 00:19:48.279
 also

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:49.180
 encourage

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.759
 and challenge

00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.160
 each one

00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.519
 of us

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.180
 to like

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.380
 him

00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:52.120
 put our

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 trust

00:19:52.580 --> 00:19:53.480
 fully in

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:53.940
 the father

00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:55.180
 whatever we

00:19:55.180 --> 00:19:55.580
 may be

00:19:55.580 --> 00:19:55.920
 suffering

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.380
 today

00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:58.120
 and ultimately

00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:58.660
 may we

00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.740
 always be

00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.460
 watching and

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:00.800
 praying

00:20:00.800 --> 00:20:02.100
 like Jesus

00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:03.380
 it's so

00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:04.040
 encouraging to

00:20:04.040 --> 00:20:05.040
 see that

00:20:05.040 --> 00:20:05.660
 that even

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.900
 when the

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.680
 disciples fail

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:08.060
 Jesus

00:20:08.060 --> 00:20:09.340
 Jesus doesn't

00:20:09.340 --> 00:20:10.380
 fail the

00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:10.680
 father

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:12.260
 how wonderful

00:20:12.260 --> 00:20:12.960
 to see the

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.560
 depth the

00:20:13.560 --> 00:20:14.120
 height the

00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:15.060
 width and

00:20:15.060 --> 00:20:15.600
 the length

00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:17.020
 of the

00:20:17.020 --> 00:20:17.440
 love of

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.200
 God even

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.820
 before we

00:20:18.820 --> 00:20:19.620
 get to

00:20:19.620 --> 00:20:20.160
 the cross

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:21.120
 may it

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.800
 encourage you

00:20:21.800 --> 00:20:22.160
 may it

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.760
 challenge you

00:20:22.760 --> 00:20:23.780
 and change

00:20:23.780 --> 00:20:24.800
 you forever

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:26.119
 let me pray

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:26.539
 with you

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.359
 just now

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:30.039
 heavenly

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:30.460
 father we

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 thank you

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.480
 again for

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:31.980
 your word

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 we thank

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 you that

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 it's

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 relevant

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 thank you

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 that it

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 can speak

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 right into

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 our situation

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 in 2020

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 but thank

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 you lord

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 that you've

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 taken us

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 back this

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 morning to

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 that moment

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 in which

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 Jesus Christ

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 saw the

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 death which

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 really we

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 as sinners

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 are due

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 thank you

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 that you

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 put your

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 trust in

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 the father

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 and said

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 not my

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 will but

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 yours

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 and so

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 you willingly

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 took your

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 place on the

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 cross for

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 each one of

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 us

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 we thank you

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 for that

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 great love

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 and we ask

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 you to help

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 us now

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 to put our

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 trust in

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 the father

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 also just

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 like you

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 and to be

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 a church

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 and to be

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 a people

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 who watch

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 and pray

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 so that we

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 will not fall

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 into that

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 temptation

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 of unfaithfulness

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 for your

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 glory

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 in Jesus

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 name

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 amen