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*THE PRAYER OF RELINQUISHMENT*
*Luke 22:39-46*
Billy Stevens
First Baptist Church Houma
November 25, 2007
[Preached Sunday after Thanksgiving – Steve is on vacation]
~*~* Introducing – The Word for You Today Devotional – first issue.
Luke 22:39-46 (NKJV) \\ (39) Coming out, He went to the Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him.
(40) When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
(41) And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, (42) saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.”
(43) Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.
(44) And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly.
Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
(45) When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow.
(46) Then He said to them, “Why do you sleep?
Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.”
*/A.
LIFE IS FULL OF PROBLEM SITUATIONS/*
*a.
Types of problems.
[what]*
a.1.
relationship
a.2.
personal
a.3.
external problems
*b.
Purpose of these problems?
Why?*
b.1.
You might know the goodness of God.
Rom 8:28
b.2.
You might be made like Jesus Christ.
Rom 8:29
/(Rom 8:28-29 NKJV) And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
/
/{29} For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren./
*c.
When do these problems occur?*
c.1.
when you least expect them
c.2. when you expect them the greatest.
c.3.
anywhere in between.
*d.
Duration - How long?*
- How long is this going to take place in my life?
- Until the accomplishment of God's specific purpose of this specific problem in your life.
*e.
Source of these problems?
[where]*
e.1.
Life - some things are just part of life.
From death to the common cold, some things are not escapable.
e.2.
Enemies (Satan and the world)
e.3.
Others - imposed upon us by someone else.
e.3.
Our self - our own creation.
e.4.
God - a providential problem that is designed for a specific purpose.
In all actuality all of the above could fit under this source.
Nothing happens without the knowledge and approval of God.
There is nothing that comes into your life that surprises God.
There is nothing that has come into your life that God did not allow or possibly even send to you for a specific purpose.
*f.
Our Biggest Problem - the way we handle problems.*
Problems and situations will arise in our lives, that we are incapable of handling.
The times we try to handle problems on our own, we fail miserably.
The more we try to handle these problems on our own, the more it grows.
What used to be a molehill of a problem, now has grown into a mountain of hardened granite that has dangerous and jagged cliffs.
We now realize, we have turned something that could have possibly been handled easily and now have created a monster.
The little kitten of a problem has turned into a hungry ferocious tiger capable of ripping us to shreds if we do not do something quickly.
There are people here today that probably feel like they are about to be ripped to shreds by a ferocious problem in their lives.
You don't know what to do, where to turn, or how to handle it.
Your efforts have possibly caused a greater problem.
You are at your wits end.
*/B.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN YOUR PROBLEMS./*
a. Others are going through similar situations.
b.
Others are going through greater problems than you ever thought about going through.
ILL.
I can be a very competitive person and my dad told me time and again - "do the best you can but remember there will always be someone better than you".
Someone stronger, someone smarter, someone quicker.
You may sit on top of the hill for a moment, but someone is coming to get that spot.
The opposite is also true.
You will always have difficult problems to face at various times and stages in your life.
But remember, there is always someone that is going through a darker valley and has deeper hurts than you.
*/C.
JESUS FACED A LIFE OF PROBLEMS./*
a.
Fully human and limited Himself to humanity's realm.
b.
Relationship problems - all his disciples abandoned Him.
c.
Personal hurts and pains.
d.
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