A Call to Anguish by David Wilkerson
October 7, 2010 
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David Wilkerson’s soul-stirring sermon on the necessity of anguish – to bear God’s heart, passion, and burden within our lives. David Wilkerson, gives a powerful sermon that speaks to the Church in a mighty way about the need for anguish in our hearts for the world, he speaks about how God uses anguish to bring us closer to himself.
So what is anguish, it is not a word used often today, it is extreme pain, distress, or anxiety over a given situation, example “He experienced the anguish of divorce after 10 years of marriage.” Watch this powerful video and see what the Church is missing, when it only focuses on ministry and programs, without anguish in our hearts.
Video by BraveHeartedGospel.com [Ellerslie ] - Image by kelsey_lovefusionphoto.
Wow this is a word, thanks for sharing this Mark…. WOW!
Yes, it is really powerful and convicting, happy you were blessed
What a timely word! the question He asked us each is , Does it matter to you and me? Does it matter? Do we anguish for what is going on around us today? Or do we turn a blind eye and pretend all is well? God help us all to feel what He feels and to see what he so sees!
I was reflecting on the sermon today and it kept reminding me of when Jesus wept over Jerusalem, just before his triumphant entry and ultimately his crucifixion.
“And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes” (Luke 19, 41-42)
I think this is one of Jesus’ most touching moment, because He anguished over the city realizing that He (the truth) was with them all this time and they did not even realize it, plus His time was very close. In the same way we should anguish over the sin of the world, because we have the truth and the Holy Spirit and people do not realize it and the same with Jesus, His time is near…this time is worse, because he is returning with Judgment! We should be weeping for the world!
Mark, amen my brother, I spent some afternoon time with Jesus,
I turn on my comp only to find this comment in my email.
As I read the comment and the passage you shared above.
I too was reminded of passage of scripture.
Mark14:
32And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. 34And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.”d 35And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” 37And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? 38Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 39And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. 40And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him. 41And he came the third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
Gethsemane’ means ‘an oil-press.’
Was this place named ‘The Olive-press,’ for in it, its as if His whole being was as if in the press,
Just as olives
are pressed and crushed.
He says to them, My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Can we wrap our minds around all that took place until it was finished at the cross and upon the cross?
Prayer was His refuge, as it must be ours. The soul that can cry, ‘Abba, Father!’ just as Jesus, Gods own Son did, so His example teaches us what our own sorrows should also teach us. To take ourselves to prayer when the spirit is desolate.
Jesus Christ, Gods own Beloved Son, in whom, He was well pleased,
Gave Himself up to the death for us all. His agony was endured for us, and needs for its explanation the fact that it was so. His victory through prayer was for us, that we too might conquer by the same weapons. His voluntary surrender was for us, that ‘by His stripes we might be healed. Prayerfully let us not sleep, but let us too be moved by His sorrows and animated by His Victory. To Watch and Pray that we may share in the virtue of His sufferings and imitate the example of His submission.
much love in Jesus~