Hello, thank you so much for joining me today for Give Him 15.

The title, Passion Week, redemption began in Githemeny.

Luke 2239 from the message, leaving there, he went as he so often did to Mount Olives. The disciples followed him. When they arrived at

the place, he said, pray that you don't give in to temptation. The place, spoken of by Luke, was Gethsemini.

It had become Christ's favorite place of prayer in Jerusalem.

Notice the phrase, as he so often did.

This is how Judas, who had left the last supper early to betray Christ, nowhere to take the soldiers to find

him. 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. He said, Father, if you're willing, remove this cup from me. Yet not my will,

but yours be done. Christ's request was genuine. He knew what he was facing that night and the next day. 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 eventually fell on his face in agony. Mark added that he fell repeatedly.

In other words, Christ would kneel, then fall on his face.

Then he would then rise to his feet again, only to fall once more, first to his knees, then onto his face.

At one point, the agony of what he was experiencing, as well as the knowledge of what was coming,

became so great that the capillaries in his face burst.

And blood mixed with sweat oozed through the pores of his skin.

This is a painful medical condition known as hematidrosis.

Doctors don't know exactly what triggers hematidrosis, in part because it's so rare.

They think it could be related to the body's fight or flight response. Sometimes it seems to be caused by extreme distress or fear, such as facing death, torture, or severe ongoing

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