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Praying for Difficult Things (Mark 14:32-38)


Video Abstract (Author: Wild Stories About Jesus and Max7.org): This episode of WILD STORIES ABOUT JESUS retells Mark 14.32-38, detailing Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. This video is suitable for showing in schools, kids' clubs and churches and could be helpful for family devotions.


1. Select one person to be the narrator and another to read dramatically as Jesus. Can you convey the emotion that Jesus is portraying? Does anyone else want to try? Then see the video.

They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples,
"Sit here while I pray."
He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
"My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch."
Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him.
"Abba, Father everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."
Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping.
"Simon, are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour? Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." (Mark 14:32-38, NIV)




2. Jesus knows His Father's plan, but He asks if it is possible to avoid carrying it out. How does Jesus pray?




3. Why did the disciples fail to stay awake and pray?





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