You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.

 Good morning. Jesus said “you will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.’ But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee (we will come back to this statement at the end of Matthew)." Peter of course says he will not fall away no matter what everybody else does. Truly I say to you that this very night, before a cock crows (One gospel says twice), you shall deny Me three times. Peter gets really upset. Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You. People put Peter down for saying that, but all the disciples said the same thing too. They however did not publicly deny Him three times. Then they went to the garden of Gethsemane. He takes Peter, James, and John with Him to a separate place in the garden. My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me. He goes a little bit farther “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” This is the only time that Jesus ever prayed “if it is Your will"; and yet a lot of Christians tack that statement on to every prayer they make. To the best of our ability, we should make sure that we know what the word says about God’s will concerning our situation. If you're not sure, ask for it anyway – He is not going to get upset with us as long as our heart is right. If it's not His will, He won't answer the prayer. As long as your heart is right, it is better to ask and find out later that it was not His will, than to not ask and find out later that it was

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