Tuesday, June 9, 2026 #10 He Prayed It Three Times

He Prayed It Three Times 

Good Morning, Friends -  

We are learning to pray like Jesus.  Today's passage is from Matthew 26:36-44

"My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will." — Matthew 26:39

He prayed it once. Went back and prayed it again. Then a third time -  the same words.

That wasn't a lack of faith. That was faith doing its hardest work.

Jesus didn't glide into surrender. He wrestled toward it - honestly, repeatedly, face to the ground. He brought the fear, the dread, the weight of what obedience would cost. And every time, He landed in the same place: Not my will. Yours.

Most of us know that giving something over to God rarely happens in one clean moment. It's usually a prayer we return to again and again - sometimes for years - until we finally mean it completely.

If that's where you are right now, you're in good company. You're walking the same path Jesus walked.


Father, there's something I've been hoping You'd take away - and I've asked more than once. I won't pretend otherwise. But today I want to pray what Jesus prayed: not my will, but Yours. That doesn't come easy. Meet me here in the struggle, and bring me to that same place of surrender He found. 

Continue your prayer.

Thank You for Jesus, and it's through Him I pray. Amen.

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