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MacDonald, James - Submission Through Prayer

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Submission Through Prayer
by James MacDonald
Text: Matthew 26:36-46
Topic: How to win by submission to God
Big Idea: Prayerful submission enables us to experience God's grace and peace.
Keywords: Calvary; Christ, burden bearer; Christ, deity of; Christ, humanity of; God, grace of; Holding on; Perseverance; Prayer; Submission; Suffering; Surrender.


Introduction:
  • Either you are for Christ or against him.
  • If you’re against him, you will lose.
Submit to God in honest prayer.
  • Jesus modeled honest prayer at Gethsemane.
  • He told his father, “I can’t do this.”
  • He laid face down before God.
Practice submissive prayer.
  • Jesus asks his father if there is another way than partaking of the cup.
  • Jesus was not afraid of the shame and pain of death.
  • The sinless Christ recoiled at bearing all the sins of the world, but still submitted.
  • Illustration: Salvation Army founder gave everything he had to God.
Be persistent in prayer.
  • True submission to God is not immediate.
  • Jesus persisted in his Gethsemane prayer.
  • Illustration: Parents of brain-damaged child keep praying and submit to God.
The dangers of failure to persist in prayer.
  • You remain at odds with God.
  • You fail to see God’s purpose.
  • You fail to see God clearly.
  • Fellowship with God is hindered.
  • Access to God’s grace is hindered.
You can know victory through prayer.
  • At Gethsemane, Jesus finally realized there was no other way.
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