#15 PASCHAL FAST ~ Great Drops of BLOOD ~ Luke 22:44 ~ # 15 Lenten Meditation ~ 3rd Hour Prayer Station

 GREAT DROPS OF BLOOD

Early Christians’ 3^rd Hour Prayer ( 9 a.m. )

at the time of the Morning Sacrifice

in the Temple

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eavenly FATHER, we come before YOU at this 3^rd hour of the ancient day, the hour of the Morning Sacrifice in the Temple . . . that same hour that Your Beloved SON+, the LAMB+ of GOD that taketh away the sin of the world, was offered up on the Cross for our sakes.

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e thank YOU for the Great Drops of BLOOD HE+ shed in the garden of Gethsemane, after praying all through the night . . . then facing the men who had come with swords and clubs to violently take HIM+.

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LUKE 22

 

⁴⁰ And when HE+ was at the place, HE+ said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. ⁴¹ And HE+ was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, ⁴² Saying,

FATHER, if THOU be willing,

remove this cup from ME+:

nevertheless not My+  Will, but THINE, be done.

⁴³ And there appeared an angel unto HIM+ from Heaven, strengthening HIM+.

 

⁴⁴And being in an agony HE+ prayed more earnestly: and His+ sweat was as it were Great Drops of Blood falling down to the ground.

Luke 22:44

 

HOW was our LORD, fully human as well as fully Divine, able to submit His+ Life to the Cross ?

Knowing full well the excruciating, un-ending pain HE+ would endure through a long, slow crucifixion death, HOW could HE+ make Himself+ do it ?

HE+ prayed through the night. Earnestly, sincerely, with such intensity that HE+ sweat great drops of Blood . . . His+ Life’s blood . . . our Life’s BLOOD.

Let us learn to pray as JESUS our LORD prayed. Earnestly, sincerely, and with GREAT intensity. Then we too will be able to face whatsoever HE+ chooses for our life.

We follow CHRIST JESUS to do HIS+ Will, not ours.