RHAPSODY OF REALITIES FOR TODAY SATURDAY 24TH JUNE 2023.
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The Topic for Today Saturday 24th June 2023 Is “Overcoming Temptation Through Prayer”.
Today’s Scripture Reference: Luke 22:22-40 NIV
22 The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed. But woe to that man who betrays him!” 23 They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.
24 A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. 25 Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. 26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. 27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. 28 You are those who have stood by me in my trials. 29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
33 But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”
34 Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.”
35 Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?”
“Nothing,” they answered.
36 He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. 37 It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’a]; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”
38 The disciples said, “See, Lord, here are two swords.”
“That’s enough!” he replied.
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”
RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
No one exemplified the power of prayer in overcoming temptation better than our Lord Jesus. Hebrews 5:7 gives us an idea of why He prayed to the Father the way He did in our theme scripture: He (Jesus) “… shrank from the horrors of separation from the bright presence of the Father” (AMPC). That separation from the Father was what He never wanted to experience even for a moment.
As a result, He knelt and prayed, and as He did, something remarkable happened: “…there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him” (Luke 22:43). The 44th verse says, “And being in an agony he (Jesus) prayed more earnestly…” Remember, the earnest prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available, dynamic in its working (James 5:16). Jesus, being in agony, prayed more earnestly.
His prayer was so intense that the Bible says “… His sweat became like great clots of blood dropping down upon the ground” (Luke 22:44 AMPC). Thanks be unto God; His prayer was answered. He submitted Himself to the will of the Father by becoming sin for us so we would become the righteousness of God in Him. Hallelujah!
When He was done praying, He said something instructive to His disciples as seen in Luke 22:45-46: “When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation” (NIV). The problem isn’t being tempted, but falling into the temptation. Jesus here shows us we must pray to avoid falling into temptation.
Remember, He was about to experience the horror of being separated from the Father, and had to wrestle with the temptation to say, “No, I’m not doing this!” He knew He had to pray, because He had Himself taught that *.. Men ought always to pray, and not to faint” (Luke 181).
Like the Master, give yourself to prayer. In the place of prayer, Your spirit is conditioned to discern and walk in God’s perfect will, and your faith is strengthened to overcome temptations and ule over circumstances. You’e invigorated with the might of the Spirit to live Victoriously every day. Hallelujah
PRAYER
Dear Lord, thank you for the privilege and blessing of prayer, a place ‘where my spirit is conditioned to discern and walk in your perfect will always, and my faith is strengthened to overcome temptations and rule over circumstances. I’m fully equipped and fortified, strong in the Lord and in the power of His might to triumph gloriously today, and always. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
1 Corinthians 10:13; Hebrews 5:5-7 AMPC; Matthew 26:41
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Acts 11:1-18 & Ezra 9-10
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Luke 3:23-38 & Deuteronomy 22
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