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PRAYER: MILLION DOLLARS, JUST A SECOND
RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY TO PRAY
REALLY SIMPLE TRUTH TO UNDERSTAND TODAY, REALLY HARD TO LIVE OUT
GARDEN: OIL PRESS
36 And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Mark 14:37–42 (ESV)
37 And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? 38 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 39 And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.
40 And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him. 41 And 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. 42 Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
37 And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?
I GET IT....THEYRE TIRED
Luke 22:45–46 (ESV)
45 And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow, 46 and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
SIMON…OLD MAN
HOW OFTEN DOES GOD CALL ME THAT “MICHAEL-UHH”
GOD DIDNT CHNGE MY NAME: MICHAEL - WHO IS LIKE GOD
CHANGED ME: FORGIVEN, NEW
OLD ME IS AT WAR INSIDE
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
READ ON VERSE 38
38 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL
TEMPTATIONS OF THE FLESH:
TIRED
DISTRACTION
39 And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.
SAME PRAYER.....FAITH MEANS ONE AND DONE.....NOT JESUS
MATTHEW 6- VAIN REPETITIONS
1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’ ” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
40 And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to answer him. 41 And 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. 42 Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.”
WE ARE ABLE TO RISE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A KNELT.
WE BOW BEFORE BATTLE!!!
3 KEYS TO WINNING THE PRAYER BATTLE:
GUARDRAILS: SET YOURSELF UP TO WIN!
CHANGE YOUR METHODS
REALIZE THIS IS WHERE THE BATTLE IS WON!!
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.