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A Prayer of Jesus

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This prayer reveals the magnitude of the suffering Christ endured on the cross. The foreknowledge of what awaited Him – the cruelty of Roman torture, the agony of crucifixion, the abandonment of the Father as He bore our sins – was enough to draw beads of blood from His brow. Yet, despite His anguish, He returns to the disciples and encourages them to pray and prepare for what lay ahead. In this magnificent scene we witness that Jesus is not only our eternal Redeemer, He is also our ever patient Teacher and our ever abiding Shepherd.

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A Prayer of Jesus

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Perhaps more than any other disciple, Peter best represents how God is able to take an imperfect person and use them in glorious ways. Brash and impulsive, he needed the intercessory prayers of Jesus to hold and keep him until he could grow to maturity and take his place as a leader in the early church. Praying for others is the most wonderful gift anyone can offer. It’s also an honor and privilege to share in the life of a fellow believer in such a powerful yet quietly personal way.

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Faith does the impossible because it brings God to undertake for us, and nothing is impossible with God. How great, without qualification or limitation, is the power of faith! If doubt be banished from the heart, and unbelief made stranger there, what we ask of God shall surely come to pass. (Adapted from E.M. Bounds, The Necessity of Prayer)

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That the Father may be glorified in the Son:it is to this end that Jesus on His throne in glory will do all we ask in His Name. Every answer to prayer He gives will have this as its object: when there is no prospect of this object being obtained, He will not answer. It follows as a matter of course that this must be with us, as with Jesus, the essential element in our petitions: the glory of the Father must be the aim and end, the very soul and life of our prayer. (Adapted from Andrew Murray, With Christ in the School of Prayer)

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The possibilities of prayer reach to all things. Whatever concerns our highest welfare, and whatever has to do with God’s plans and purposes concerning His church on earth, is a subject for prayer. In “whatsoever ye shall ask,” is embraced all that concerns us. And whatever is left out of “whatsoever” is left out of prayer. Where will we draw the lines which leave out or which will limit the word “whatsoever”? Define it, and search out and publish the things which the word does not include. If “whatsoever” does not include all things, then add to it the word “anything.” “If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.” (Adapted from E.M. Bounds, The Necessity of Prayer)

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To pray in Christ’s name is therefore to be identified with Christ as to our righteousness, and to be identified with Christ in our desires by the indwelling of the Holy Ghost. To pray in the Spirit, to pray according to the will of the Father, to pray in Christ’s name, are identical expressions. The Father Himself loveth us, and is willing to hear us: two intercessors, Christ the Advocate above, and the Holy Ghost, the Advocate within, are the gifts of His love. (Adapted from Andrew Murray, With Christ in the School of Prayer)

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Two lines in this prayer offered by our Lord contrast the horror of the cross with the victory it represents. Jesus knew what suffering awaited Him. Yet He also was certain in His resolve to finish the work for which He had come: to redeem humanity and to bring lasting glory to the name of the Father.

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The answer of our Lord’s prayer was the proof of His mission from God, as the answer to Elijah’s prayer was made to the woman whose son he raised to life. She said, “Now by this I know that thou art a man of God.” He is highest in the favor of God who has the readiest access and the greatest number of answers to prayer from Almighty God. (Adapted from E.M. Bounds, The Necessity of Prayer)

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