Bible Words: Adémoneó
MoMo634 - MOtivational MOmentsFebruary 10, 2025x
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Bible Words: Adémoneó

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:04 How learning a new word in the Bible helped me more closely

00:00:04 --> 00:00:06 relate to Jesus.

00:00:06 --> 00:00:07 Stay tuned.

00:00:11 --> 00:00:11 Hello,

00:00:12 --> 00:00:13 and welcome to Momo 634,

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00:00:43 --> 00:00:46 I've been keeping you posted about a potential interview with a

00:00:46 --> 00:00:47 Christian outlet

00:00:47 --> 00:00:49 about this podcast.

00:00:50 --> 00:00:53 Due to an ice storm in the host's area,

00:00:53 --> 00:00:56 the interview has been postponed until later this week,

00:00:57 --> 00:00:57 Lord willing.

00:00:58 --> 00:01:00 But in preparing for the interview,

00:01:00 --> 00:01:05 I began thinking about my own mental health journey and quest

00:01:05 --> 00:01:06 for wellness.

00:01:07 --> 00:01:11 My very earliest memories are fraught with anxiety.

00:01:11 --> 00:01:14 particularly as it related to school.

00:01:15 --> 00:01:19 I remember lying awake the night before a new school year began

00:01:19 --> 00:01:22 and how I couldn't sleep,

00:01:23 --> 00:01:25 something I've not entirely grown out of,

00:01:26 --> 00:01:31 though it's morphed into a general social anxiety and somewhat

00:01:31 --> 00:01:32 lessened in its extremity.

00:01:34 --> 00:01:38 Yesterday, as I sat in worship, preparing my mind,

00:01:39 --> 00:01:40 to partake of the Lord's Supper,

00:01:41 --> 00:01:43 we read the verses in Matthew 26,

00:01:43 --> 00:01:45 36-46,

00:01:46 --> 00:01:50 where Jesus is praying in the Garden of Gethsemane.

00:01:51 --> 00:01:53 Listen to verses 37-38.

00:01:53 --> 00:01:58 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,

00:01:59 --> 00:02:03 and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

00:02:04 --> 00:02:05 Then he said to them,

00:02:06 --> 00:02:11 My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death.

00:02:12 --> 00:02:14 Stay here and keep watch with me.

00:02:16 --> 00:02:19 The Greek word used is adamaneo,

00:02:19 --> 00:02:22 and it means deeply distressed,

00:02:23 --> 00:02:23 grieved,

00:02:23 --> 00:02:24 or anguished.

00:02:26 --> 00:02:30 I am not at all suggesting Jesus had a mental health condition.

00:02:31 --> 00:02:31 However,

00:02:31 --> 00:02:36 we do know that he was so distressed that his sweat was

00:02:36 --> 00:02:38 described as like drops of blood.

00:02:40 --> 00:02:45 Some have suggested this is a physiological response to great anguish.

00:02:46 --> 00:02:48 Hebrews 4, 15 and 16 tells us,

00:02:50 --> 00:02:54 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize

00:02:55 --> 00:02:56 with our weaknesses,

00:02:57 --> 00:03:00 but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are,

00:03:01 --> 00:03:03 yet was without sin.

00:03:04 --> 00:03:07 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence,

00:03:08 --> 00:03:13 so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our

00:03:13 --> 00:03:14 time of need.

00:03:16 --> 00:03:20 Nor am I saying that having a mental health condition is sinful.

00:03:21 --> 00:03:26 What I am saying is that it brings me great comfort to know I

00:03:27 --> 00:03:29 have a big brother in Jesus.

00:03:30 --> 00:03:34 who experienced deep grief and mental anguish.

00:03:35 --> 00:03:37 Though I am sorry he went through that,

00:03:38 --> 00:03:42 and especially because it was the result of my sins,

00:03:43 --> 00:03:48 I feel he is so completely relatable that he has something in

00:03:48 --> 00:03:50 his humanity here on

00:03:50 --> 00:03:53 earth akin to how I have felt.

00:03:55 --> 00:04:00 Romans 15.4 tells us these things were written for our learning.

00:04:02 --> 00:04:06 I am thankful this account was provided to help me closer

00:04:06 --> 00:04:07 relate to my Lord.

00:04:08 --> 00:04:10 Our meme for today says,

00:04:11 --> 00:04:16 We serve a loving and powerful God who desires a connection

00:04:16 --> 00:04:16 with us.

00:04:17 --> 00:04:21 His word helps to deepen that relationship.

00:04:23 --> 00:04:26 Is there an account of something in the Bible that you

00:04:26 --> 00:04:27 especially relate to?

00:04:28 --> 00:04:30 Share it in the comments below.

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