Mark 14:26-42
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2 Peter 1:12-13
Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you [already] know [them,] and have been established in the truth which is present with [you.] 13 I consider it right, as long as I am in this [earthly] dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,

Jesus was a worshiper, and He seeks true worshipers.

John 4:23
"But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.

God chose you in the foreknowledge of your struggles.

1 John 2:1-2
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for [those of] the whole world.

James 3:2(a)
For we all stumble in many [ways]…

Luke 22:44
And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground.

Jeremiah 25:15
For thus the LORD, the God of Israel, says to me, "Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.

2 Corinthians 5:21
He made Him who knew no sin [to be] sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

To watch and pray is a great weapon against temptation.

1 Peter 5:8
Be of sober [spirit,] be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Jesus teaches us the meaning and power of hope.

Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Noteworthy elements of Jesus’ prayer:

Calls on His Father
Brought His supplications/requests
Persisted in His prayer
Surrendered to God’s will

Hebrews 5:7-9

Hebrews 4:14-16

The practice of communion is to be a reminder of Jesus’ great love for the remainder of our days.

1 Corinthians 11:23-26