--Prayer in the Hour of Despair~~

--In the garden, as the evil hours neared, Jesus' heart spilled out to God. Our Lord, in His despair, did the one thing His soul knew to do: Jesus prayed. "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me..." (Matt. 26:39).

Jesus did not merely practice His spiritual discipline or provide us an example to emulate. Rather, His soul had been laid bare, and He went to the only One who can meet us in such depths. Jesus went to the Father.

At times we tend to think of prayer only as calm, meditative devotion. But praying is often born out of sheer necessity. We face ruin and have nowhere to turn. We stand at the brink, and the cry simply erupts? "HELP, LORD!"

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