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Prayer is greater than resolve

6/12/2015

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On the night before Jesus was crucified He took His disciples up on the Mount of Olives to pray ...

Lk 22:40
When He arrived at the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”


Jesus withdraws from the disciples to pray and talk with the Father. When He comes back to the disciples He agains speaks to them about prayer ...

Lk 22:46
and said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

That night Jesus was arrested and perhaps faced His greatest trial. However, He was prepared because He had spent time talking to the Father in prayer. That night the disciples fled from fear. Had they prayed? No, they had slept.

Jesus had instructed them on how they could avoid temptation. He told them to pray so they would be prepared for what was about to happen. Victory over temptation is not found in personal resolve to avoid temptation, but in prayer. Prayer connects us with the God of the impossible and produces within us a change of our desires away from sin.
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Look to God

6/10/2015

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Prayer in its simplest form is communicating with God. I like to view prayer as looking to God for help, comfort, wisdom, for any and all aspects of life. In Numbers (Num 21:4-9) the people of Israel were complaining about Moses' leadership. This upset the Lord and He sends serpents among them. When people were bitten by the snakes they would die. The people repented of their sin and asked Moses to intercede for them before God. God instructs Moses to build a fiery serpent. He builds a bronze serpent and mounts it on a pole. Whoever is bitten by a snake, if they looked up to the serpent on the pole, would live and not die.

This is a picture of looking to God for deliverance from sin, clearly an Old Testament reference to the Gospel message. Jesus Christ was lifted up on a cross for our salvation.

It is so important that we learn to look to God first in prayer before trying to fix our problems with natural wisdom or self-effort. Prayer helps us to view life from an eternal perspective.

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