Matthew 26:36-44

"[Jesus] went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, "My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken..."

"Then Jesus went with [the apostles] to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he said, "Sit here while I go over there to pray." He took Peter and..."

"There are several instructive features in our Saviour's prayer in his hour of trial. It was lonely prayer. He withdrew even from his three favoured..."

Does prayer feel like sand getting kicked in your face? Rick Brown reminds us that prayer begins simply, and in the process fo growing we all end up developing and growing in our prayer life.

What do you do when you don't know what to do? Tom Norvell reminds us that there are many things in our lives that may not change, so in those times we need to be sure and lean on the Lord and trust in his grace to sustain us.

Can you make it just one hour? Learning to take things one hour and one step at a time helps this mother learn to make it when her premature baby is having problems in the hospital.

What do you do when you are really afraid? Fear can paralyze and immobilize us if we let it be our master.

God drew near to us in Jesus, so why would we not come to him with our challenges, troubles, and trials? Max Lucado reminds us that Jesus longs for us to draw near to him in our times of troubles, problems, challenges, pain, and trials.