Have you ever felt overwhelmed, outmatched by the moment, overcome with a sense of not measuring up?

Let's go to the garden with Jesus. It's here. Jesus in his perfect, sinless, and yet human state feels those emotions.

Senses the pain, the anguish he's already in emotionally, but knowing that just ahead is more anguish and more pain.

Seemingly unavoidable, maybe you're facing pain.

Maybe you're anticipating a difficult day this week,

meetings you don't want to have, conversations that make you feel nervous and worrisome.

We can go to the garden with Jesus and find relief and find strength.

It's here in the garden that Jesus asked his 12 disciples to stay with him and pray,

and it's there. He begins his prayer the same way he taught us to pray,

Papa, Abba, Father. He prays in Mark chapter 14 and beginning in verse 32, he prays Abba,

Father, Daddy, Papa. If there is a way for me to not go through this pain,

that would be great.

But nonetheless, I don't want what I want.

I want what you want.

And thus the whole world change.

Today we're going to pray the same prayer.

And I believe your world can change.

Let's start right now just by allowing ourselves these brief moments of focus and attention and lean in.

Time with Jesus.

Time with the Savior in the garden.

Time to give them all of our pain and all of our cares,

all of our worries, all of our fears.

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