Prepared_To_Stand_2020-03-22.pdf

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3. TO STAND Matthew 26:36-45 HOW TO BE READY FOR …ANYTHING PREPARED
4. Matthew 26:36-45 36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
5. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
6. 40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
7. 42 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.” 43 And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
8. 44 So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words again. 45 Then he came to the disciples and said to them, “Sleep and take your rest later on. See, the hour is at hand…
9. Matthew 26:36-45 36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane… ”gethsemane” -oil press.
10. …and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. You need to cultivate intimate relationships.. friends with whom you can be “sorrowful and troubled.”
11. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. (Isaiah 53:3) You can find grief in the very centre of God’s will.
12. For it has been GRANTED to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake. (Philippians 1:29) ”granted” -the extension of a favour, gift or grace. #BLESSED
13. 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed… …and being in agony he prayed MORE earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. (Luke 22:43-44) It is allowable for your prayer life to reflect your pain. Ps. 13
14. “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
15. “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” DELIVERANCE ENDURANCE HIS WILL BE DONE… . LET THIS CUP PASS… . nevertheless
16. “The prayer of integrity lives in the ‘nevertheless’ — the space where the expression of our will worshipfully bows to the acceptance of His. It lives in the truthful hope-filled space that neither denies our cry nor His sovereignty. It invites His presence to deliver us or to help us endure.” ::Nerha Trebor::
17. Deliverance or endurance? THERE IS A THIRD OPTION
18. 40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. Deliverance or Endurance? THERE IS A THIRD OPTION
19. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch (tarry) with me one hour? DELIVERANCE ENDURANCE HIS WILL BE DONE… . LET THIS CUP PASS… . nevertheless SLEEP!
20. Jesus found the disciples sleeping three times, just as Peter would later deny Him three times…
21. If we choose avoidance(sleeping) over the wrestling we won’t have the Presence when the crisis comes. Jesus found the disciples sleeping three times, just as Peter would later deny Him three times…
22. How did Jesus choose the hard thing? And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith who for the joy set before him endured the cross. Hebrews 12:1-2
23. Fyodor Dostoyevsky “I believe like a child that suffering will be healed and made up for, that all the humiliating absurdity of human contradictions will vanish like a pitiful mirage,
24. like the despicable fabrication of the impotent and infinitely small Euclidean mind of man, that in the world's finale, at a moment of eternal harmony, something so precious will come to pass that it will suffice for all hearts,
25. the comforting of all resentments, for the atonement of all the crimes of humanity, for all the blood that they've shed; that it will make it not only possible to forgive but to justify all that has happened.” ::Fyodor Dostoyevsky
26. There is only one way to get to Dostoyevsky’s “moment of eternal harmony where something precious will come to pass.” You have to give your life to Jesus and say “not my will, but yours be done.”
27. TO STAND Matthew 26:36-45 HOW TO BE READY FOR …ANYTHING PREPARED Let’s Pray
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29. TO STAND Matthew 26:36-45 HOW TO BE READY FOR …ANYTHING PREPARED Q&A