Friday, March 06, 2015

remove this cup from me, but not my will but thy will be done

These first words of Jesus,
such a natural response,
“remove this cup from me,”
but that wasn’t the last thing
that He said that night.

Christ chose submitting
giving His life over
to the will of God
His plan for His life
Christ gave his life over
becoming the vessel
holding our sin, our shame,
carrying our sin to the cross

“Yet not my will,”
these additional words by Christ
His prayer in the garden
that night in Gethsemane
not straying from the path
God had laid for Him
submitting His will,
“Thy will be done.

“Thy will be done,”
these words of Jesus
become the sacrifice
submitting His will
to the plan of the Father.

Giving His live over
holding nothing back
become the Lamb
drinking of the cup;
Christ, the Messiah,
the sacrifice, atoning,
healing the breach for His people
for all the sheep of His flock.

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merged/edited March 6, 2015
remove this cup from me, but not my will but thy will be done

March 6, 2015
Thy will be done - 2
March 6, 2015
yet not my will
March 6, 2015
remove this cup from me
Mark 14:36b
Mark 14:34
Mark 14:32a
Lenten book study:
page 42
Chapter 2. “Garden of Gethsemane”
March 6, 2015
deeply grieved
Mark 14:34
Mark 14:32a
Lenten book study:
page 41
Chapter 2. “Garden of Gethsemane”
24 Hours That Changed the World
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
&
Matthew 26:28
Exodus 24:8
Jeremiah 31:31-34
John 15:15
John 13:3-5
Mark 14:12, 22-25
Lenten book study:
Chapter 1. “The Last Supper”
24 Hours That Changed the World
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
Spirit study led by Pastor Ruth Foss
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
&
other books by Rev. Hamilton studied in Spirit Study groups -
Not A Silent Night
&
The Way: Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus
&        
“Final Words from the Cross”

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