Gospel of John | Part 9 | An Emotional Time | Jon Sprouse

An Emotional Time
The Gospel of John
May 8, 2022

I’m sure you’ve seen them before. Although most of us tend not to really notice them until we’re in a desperate situation. They’re those “In case of emergency, break glass” boxes. Sometimes they have a fire hose inside; most just have an alarm button or lever to pull.

However, fire is not the only emergency for which these kinds of boxes might be needed. Consider these other “emergencies” for which you might want to have a panic option available: there’s the toilet paper emergency, a cold, hard cash emergency, or a desperate need for chocolate.

You most likely have an emergency medical kit in your home or car; hopefully you’ve got an emergency fund at your bank; some people even have emergency food rations stockpiled... just in case of... well, an emergency! You just never know what tomorrow might hold, and it doesn’t hurt to be prepared!

While it is wise and good to be physically prepared for emergency situations, what does it look like to be prepared emotionally and spiritually for the desperate seasons or circumstances of life?  As followers of Jesus, we have been invited to dialog with God... to connect with His heart and to know and have a relationship with Him. We have access to Him through the gift of prayer. Not just when we need rescued, but in the ordinary, everyday rhythms of daily life. It’s this regular connection and communion with Him that enables us to weather the storms that will certainly come our way.

We’ve seen this modeled in the life of Jesus as we’ve worked our way through the gospel of John these past couple of months. This week, we’ll see it once again.

In our study this week, we’ll be looking at the conversation that Jesus had with His Father as He walked with the disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane. This was no casual stroll. Emotions were high; the stress was heavy. And Jesus pours out all that is on His heart in prayer, as His disciples listen in.
 

Join us as we dig in to this part of Jesus’ story and discover what mattered most to our Savior in these last hours of His life.