“〔耶稣问道：〕‘你们不能同我警醒片时吗？’” - 太 26:40

耶稣来到世上，成为神的羔羊，为我们的罪受死。这就是祂最后一次上耶路撒冷、最后一次教导门徒又为他们祷告、和他们到客西马尼园祷告的原因：祂的时候到了！

耶稣告诉与祂最亲近的门徒：“我心里甚是忧伤，几乎要死。”祂深切意识到祂即将要死在十字架上，所以祂恳请祂的朋友们说：“你们在这里等候，和我一同警醒。”请你们与我一起祷告吧！

五十年前，当我在新墨西哥州任牧师时，我做了割除胆囊手术，之后我的康复不大理想。有一天，手术医生对我妻子说：“你不要哭了，不然我也会开始哭了。”但是我需要康复，神仍然有重要的工作等着我去做。

在留院的几个星期中，常来的访客当中，有一位谦逊的基督徒，他的名字是柯立之. 比奇。他住在位于盖洛普市西部一个纳瓦伙族的家庭营地，尽管他的年纪是我的两倍，他懂得的英文也不多，但他却忠心地坐在我身旁和与我一起祷告。

你的邻舍面对困境时，不论你能够或者根本不能为他们做什么，你却仍然可以为他们祷告的！

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祷告

亲爱的救主，当有需要时，即使你自己也邀请人为你祷告！当我们的邻舍有需要时，求你帮助我们藉着陪伴他们和为他们祷告、更好地去爱他们。阿们。

马太福音 26:36-46

36耶稣同门徒来到一个地方，名叫客西马尼，就对他们说：“你们坐在这里，等我到那边去祷告。”
37于是带着彼得和西庇太的两个儿子同去，就忧愁起来，极其难过，
38便对他们说：“我心里甚是忧伤，几乎要死。你们在这里等候，和我一同警醒。”
39他就稍往前走，俯伏在地，祷告说：“我父啊！倘若可行，求你叫这杯离开我！然而，不要照我的意思，只要照你的意思。”
40来到门徒那里，见他们睡着了，就对彼得说：“怎么样，你们不能同我警醒片时吗？
41总要警醒祷告，免得入了迷惑。你们心灵固然愿意，肉体却软弱了。”
42第二次又去祷告说：“我父啊！这杯若不能离开我，必要我喝，就愿你的意旨成全！”
43又来，见他们睡着了，因为他们的眼睛困倦。
44耶稣又离开他们去了。第三次祷告，说的话还是与先前一样。
45于是来到门徒那里，对他们说：“现在你们仍然睡觉安歇吧！时候到了，人子被卖在罪人手里了。
46起来，我们走吧！看哪，卖我的人近了！”

Please Pray With Me

“‘Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?’ [Jesus] asked.” - Matthew 26:40

Jesus came into the world to become the Lamb of God who would die for all our sins. This is why he made his final trip to Jerusalem, why he had his final lessons and prayers with his disciples, and why he went to Gethsemane to pray: His time had come!

Jesus told his closest followers, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.” Acutely aware of his impending death on the cross, he asked his friends, “Stay here and keep watch with me.” Pray with me. Please!

Though our own experiences cannot compare to what Jesus went through, we can follow his example and ask others for prayer.

Fifty years ago, when I was a pastor in New Mexico, I had gallbladder surgery, and my recovery went poorly. One morning the surgeon said to my wife, “Now don’t you cry, or I’ll start crying too.” I needed healing, and God still had some important work for me to do.

During my weeks in the hospital, one of my faithful visitors was an unassuming Christian man, Coolidge Begay. Living in a Navajo family camp south of Gallup, twice my age and with limited English, he came faithfully to sit and pray with me.

When your neighbor is in trouble, regardless of what you can or can’t do for them, you can pray!

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Prayer

Dear Savior, in your hour of need, even you asked for prayer! Help us to love our neighbors well by being with them and praying for them in their times of need. Amen.