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The know God coach huddle for January 26, 2026 · knowGodcoach huddle

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  Hello. Welcome to the No God Coach
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  Huddle for January 26, 2026. A
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  two-minute call from God's playbook. To
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  know him better, we can love and obey
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  him more. Let's huddle up and hear
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  today's from Matthew 26, which says,
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  "Jesus went with his disciples to a
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  place called Gethsemane, and he said to
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  them, "Sit here while I go over there
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  and pray. My heart is so filled with
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  sadness that I could die. Remain here
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  and stay awake with me." And going on a
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  little further, he fell on his face,
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  praying, "My father, if possible, let
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  this cup pass from me. Yet not what I
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  want, but what you want. Stay awake and
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  pray that you will not be put to the
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  test." The spirit is indeed eager, but
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  human nature is weak. Today's plague
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  comes straight out of the garden of
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  Gethsemane. It's the final hour before
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  Jesus is arrested, beaten, and
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  crucified. And the question we need to
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  ask is simple. Why did Jesus pray? Was
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  he praying to feel better? Was he asking
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  God for comfort? Was he hoping the
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  father would change his circumstances?
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  Listen to his words. My heart is so
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  filled with sadness I could die. Jesus
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  wasn't numb. He wasn't depacked. He felt
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  the full weight of what obedience would
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  cost. And yet he prayed, "Not what I
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  want, but what you want." Man, that
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  right there is the purpose of prayer.
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  Prayer is an informing God of our
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  problems as if they exist to solve our
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  discomfort. Prayer is how God builds
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  spiritual resolve until obedience
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  becomes unavoidable. Jesus prayed until
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  flesh submitted to the will of the
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  father. And then he turned to his
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  disciples and he warned them, "Stay
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  awake and pray so you will not be put to
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  the test. The spirit is willing but the
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  flesh is weak." Face to laugh, Jesus
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  prayed. And when pressure came, Jesus
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  stood up and Peter folded. Peter didn't
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  fail because he didn't love Jesus. He
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  failed because he lacked spiritual
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  resolve. Sweet drained what little
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  resolve he did have, leaving the flesh
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  in control. And when the moment came to
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  identify with Christ, he denied him
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  instead. Man, that's not just Peter's
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  story. That's ours as well. We often
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  treat prayer as a last resort instead of
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  a daily discipline. Some pray briefly,
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  some fall asleep. Many never pray long
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  enough for their will to be bent toward
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  obedience. And then we wonder why our
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  faith collapses under pressure. Prayer
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  is meant to follow God's word. We learn
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  God's will in scripture. Then we pray
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  until our hearts align with it. If our
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  hands and our feet are ready to obey it.
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  Prayer strengthens the spirit until the
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  flesh no longer gets the final vote.
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  Jesus didn't pray his way out of
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  suffering. He prayed his way into
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  obedience. Run today's play. Don't ask,
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  did I pray? Ask, did my praying move me
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  into obedience. Open God's word.
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  Identify one command your flesh resist.
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  Then pray unhurried. Until obedience is
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  settled in your heart. Don't get up
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  until your will is aligned with his.
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  Today's win isn't feeling spiritual.
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  It's walking obedient. If this huddle
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  helps you know God better so you can
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  obey him more, share it with a friend
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  and write a quick note.