Mark 14:32-42
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
32 And they came to an olive grove called Gethsemane, and Jesus said, "Sit here while I go and pray."  33 He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he began to be filled with horror and deep distress. 34 He told them, "My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and watch with me." 
35 He went on a little farther and fell face down on the ground. He prayed that, if it were possible, the awful hour awaiting him might pass him by. 36 "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will, not mine." 
37 Then he returned and found the disciples asleep. "Simon!" he said to Peter. "Are you asleep? Couldn't you stay awake and watch with me even one hour?  38 Keep alert and pray. Otherwise temptation will overpower you. For though the spirit is willing enough, the body is weak." 
39 Then Jesus left them again and prayed, repeating his pleadings. 40 Again he returned to them and found them sleeping, for they just couldn't keep their eyes open. And they didn't know what to say.
41 When he returned to them the third time, he said, "Still sleeping? Still resting? Enough! The time has come. I, the Son of Man, am betrayed into the hands of sinners.  42 Up, let's be going. See, my betrayer is here!" (NLT)
How will Jesus find you when He comes? Will He find you keeping watch and praying or will He find you sleeping? Jesus actually asks so very little of us. Can you not pray with Him for one hour? Yes, yes we can. The spirit is willing but the body is weak therefore we have to continually condition ourselves so we do not fall asleep. We need to be prepared and ready to battle the spiritual fight. The betrayer is here and he wants us to sleep instead of praying so that we will become weak. But let us be on our knees or prostrate before God in prayer that we will be strengthened for the betrayer cannot stand when we are grouped together in prayer. There is more power in numbers than there is by yourself.

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