When you hit a breaking point and want to quit, Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane shows the way. He asked God to remove his suffering but submitted to God's will instead. The speaker uses this as a blueprint for persevering when prayers feel unheard.
Jesus wanted to quit, but he didn't. He saw us today. Nevertheless, when you want to quit, can someone say amen? Because I've been there. I wanted to quit on numerous occasions. And I want to start by, if you will, pull up, uh, Luke chapter— Luke chapter 22, verse 42. Luke chapter 22, verse 42. And it reads thusly, it says, Father, If thou be willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will be done, but thine will be done. Now, I don't know about you, but there is a moment in every life when you reach the breaking point. There's a moment when you reach the end yourself, when the weight gets too heavy. And the road gets too long. Are you listening to me? And the prayers feel like they're bouncing off of the ceiling. Has that been ever— has that been any of you? Have you ever experienced that when the prayers feel like they're bouncing off the ceiling? When you— you've been there, you've dealt with this, you want to quit, you want to throw in the towel, you want to give up. And today I want to say this to those of you that are here present today and those of you that are watching me. Listen to me, and I want to tell you something that might surprise every single one of you. Jesus has been there too, in the quiet olive garden. that is named Gethsemane. It's called Gethsemane in the book of Luke. On the night before the cross, the Son of God himself came face to face with the temptation to throw in the towel. And what he did in that garden is the blueprint for what you and I must do when life pushes us to the edge. Have you ever been to the edge and look over and said, man, I don't know if I can make it any further?
