And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.
if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.
“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.
in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?
I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”
Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”
so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
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