Today, I am reading and commenting on  Luke 21-22.

I thought I should write something about what Jesus said concerning the destruction of the Temple, but I was not able to compose my thoughts.  Then I  thought I should write something about what Jesus said at the Last Supper, but I ran into the same problem.  I also thought I should write about Jesus’ praying on the Mount of Olives.  This time my thoughts came together.  A few days ago I wrote about how the Lord’s Prayer is a template we should use for composing our prayers.  Jesus’ prayer on the Mount of Olives gives us insight into how we should ask God for things.  Jesus asked the Father to take the cup of coming suffering from Him, but also yielded Himself to the Father’s will.  We should ask God for those things we desire, but we should also ask that He give them to us only if it is His will to do so.  In addition to Jesus’ prayer, we also have what He said to His disciples when He found them sleeping, “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”  This offers us insight into one of the aspects of prayer which is often overlooked.  Prayer helps us avoid temptation.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.