• We tend to think about the Last Supper
• And that is okay ….
• But what about what happened after the supper ?

JESUS KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN

• And he took his closest friends
• So he would be comforted
• In his time of greatest need

IF JESUS WERE FULLY GOD

• He would have faced this alone
• But since he was also man
• He needed his friend’s comfort

HE THEN TURNED TO GOD IN PRAYER

• He asked God 3 times
• To release him from that burden
• God refused … 3 times

WHEN WE HAVE OUR GREAT NEEDS

• We surround ourselves with others
• So we can be comforted
• And then we go to prayer

JESUS FRIENDS FAILED HIM

• They fell asleep
• How many times
• Have our friends failed us ?

HOW MANY TIMES

• Have we prayed for something
• We never got ?

HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO US TODAY ?

• It shows that Jesus can relate
• To us on a very personal level
• And He is ready to comfort us

WHAT KEPT JESUS ON THAT CROSS ?

• It wasn’t the nails
• It was His love for us
• He died for each one of us

DO WE HAVE

• That same kind of love for Him ?

1 CORINTHIANS 11:27-28

‘Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.  A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.’

JESUS DIED FOR US

• Is it too much to ask
• That we live for Him ?

AS WE GO INTO OUR TIME OF COMMUNION

• Let us really examine our hearts
• And see where He really fits in them