Checking In:

1.)   Take this time to check in with everyone in your life group. How is their walk with the Lord currently going?

Ice Breaker for the study:

2.)   What is the longest night of your life: Delivering your first child? Waiting up for your teenager? Making a major decision?

Digging Deeper: Read Matthew 26:36-46

3.)   What are the various emotions Jesus must have felt in Gethsemane?

4.)   What does He ask of His disciples? What does He ask of God?

5.)   What is God’s will (v.39,42)?

6.)   What model for our prayers does Jesus provide here?

Application:

7.)   What has been your “Gethsemane” – a place where you really wrestled with God? What was the issue? What do you learn from Jesus’ example about praying at those times?

8.)   Who would you want to “watch and pray” pray with you next time you face a “Gethsemane”?

9.)   What do you appreciate most about Jesus’ emotions in this story?

Following the Discussion:

Take time to ask if there are any prayer requests within your group and pray for one another. Also ask if there is anyone in their life that you could be praying for that they may come to Christ.