Hello, thank you so much for joining me today for Give Him 15. Before I read today's post,

just want to say, last night on the Flashpoint program, I shared about a dream sent to me

from a friend. In the dream, I was at the U.S. Capitol singing a line from our national anthem.

Those of us on the program found it more than coincidental that a week after this dream,

the bridge bearing the name of the anthem's author was destroyed.

The dream did not mention the bridge.

I'll share a post regarding this dream and my overall thoughts concerning it next week,

though the dream is significant.

I do not feel it is appropriate to deviate from our posts regarding Christ's Passion Week in order to address it.

Again, we'll do so next week.

And the title of today's post is Gethsemini.

Luke 2239 in the message says, leaving there, he, that being Christ, he went as he so often did to Mount Olives.

The disciples followed him when they arrived at the place. Notice that the place. He said, pray that you don't give in to temptation.

The place spoken of by Luke was Gethsemin. It had become Christ's favorite place of prayer.

Notice the phrase as he so often did. This is how Judas, who had left the Last

Supper early, knew where to take the soldiers to find him. He knew where he often went.

Christ would spend three hours there that night, agonizing over the ordeal he was facing. During this time,

he would wrestle with his natural human desire for this cup of suffering to pass from him.

Father, if you're willing, remove this cup from me. Yet not my will, but yours be done,

he prayed. The agony of these three hours was horrific, much worse than most people realize. Luke tells us

Christ started this time of prayer on his knees.

Matthew adds that he eventually fell on his face in agony. Mark added that he fell repeatedly.

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