1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer, 2 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: a podcast dedicated to helping you find the words you 3 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: need to connect with your Father in Heaven. No matter 4 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: what is going on in your life today, you can 5 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: trust that God wants to hear from you. Right after 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: this short word from our sponsor, you will write to 7 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: today's prayer of comfort for Good Friday together. A Prayer 8 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: of Comfort for Good Friday, written by Lynette Kittle read 9 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: by Kerrie Iberger. Who, being in very nature God, did 10 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: not consider equality with God something to be used to 11 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: his own advantage. Rather, he made himself nothing by taking 12 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: the very nature of his servant, being made in human 13 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: likeness and being found in appearance as a man, He 14 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on 15 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: a cross Poletheians two verse six th eight. Although we 16 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: sing songs like the wonderful cross, it did not seem 17 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: wonderful at the time to Jesus family, followers, and friends, 18 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: who watched him suffer and die such a public death, 19 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: and during humiliation for all to see, great sorrow, distress 20 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: and fear filled their souls, because unlike us, they did 21 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: not yet know the glorious outcome of his suffering, they 22 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: did not have the comfort of knowing resurrection Sunday was coming, 23 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: that all was not lost. We, however, have the comfort, hope, 24 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: and assurance of knowing that because of Jesus' suffering, death 25 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: and resurrection, those who die believing in him will also live, 26 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: as Romans six eight explains, Now if we died with Christ, 27 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: we believe that we will also live with him. Jesus 28 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: suffering begins. Jesus suffering began in a garden, a quiet, 29 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 1: tranquil location, where he prayed, seeking God the Father's will 30 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: for his life, agonizing his body was under enormous stress physically, emotionally, 31 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 1: and spiritually. His suffering started before being hung on the cross, 32 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: as he looked towards his coming death and all he 33 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: would endure, as Matthew twenty six thirty nine describes, going 34 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: a little farther, he fell with his face to the 35 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: ground and prayed, Father, if it is possible, may this 36 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 1: cup be taken from me? Yet not as I will, 37 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: but as you will. In Matthew twenty six forty two, 38 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:12,359 Speaker 1: Jesus asked God again. He went away a second time 39 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: and prayed, my Father, if it is not possible for 40 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: this cup to be taken away unless I drink it. 41 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 1: Made your will be done. Luke twenty two forty two 42 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: is even more detail about the depth of Jesus suffering 43 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: as he prayed and being in anguish he prayed more earnestly, 44 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to 45 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: the ground. After Jesus was betrayed by Judas and arrested 46 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: in the garden, Matthew twenty six, fifty nine and sixty 47 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: described so happened next his silent suffering before the Jewish 48 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: leaders in Jerusalem. The chief Priest and the whole Sahedron 49 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they 50 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: could put him to death, but they did not find any. 51 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: Though many false witnesses came forward, but Jesus remained silent. 52 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: The High Priest said to him, I charge you under 53 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: oath by the Living God. Tell us if you are 54 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: the Messiah, the Son of God. Following jesus appearance before 55 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: the high Priest and the Roman governor Pilot, he was 56 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: led away to be crucified, enduring even more suffering. Matthew 57 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: twenty seven twenty seven through thirty one describes how Jesus 58 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: was stripped, mocked, spit upon, and struck. Then the governor's 59 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: soldiers took Jesus into the praetorium and gathered the whole 60 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put 61 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: a scarlet robe on him, and then twisted together a 62 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: crown of thorns and set it on his head. They 63 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt 64 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: in front of him and mocked him. Hail King of 65 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: the Jews, they said. They spit on him, and took 66 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 67 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 1: After they mocked him, they took off the robe and 68 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: put his own clothes on him. Then they led him 69 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: away to crucify him. Jesus surrenders his spirit. Matthew twenty seven, 70 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: forty five and forty six tells us that Jesus hung 71 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: on the cross from noon until three in the afternoon, 72 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: when darkness came over all the land. Then he cried out, 73 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 1: by God, my God, why have you forsaken me? After 74 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: being offered sour wine vinegar to drink, John nineteen thirty 75 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: records when Jesus had tasted it, he said it is finished. 76 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. Jesus' 77 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: final words say it all. The penalty for sin was 78 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: paid through his suffering and perfect sacrifice on the cross. 79 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: Hebrews ten ten reveals the source of our comfort on 80 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: Good Friday, and by that will we have been made 81 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: wholly through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ. 82 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: Once for all pray, Dear Father, we receive the comfort 83 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: you give us through Jesus' finished work and the Cross. 84 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 1: Because of jesus death and resurrection. As two Corinthians four 85 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: ten proclaims, we always carry around in our body the 86 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may 87 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: also be revealed in our body. Soften our hearts today 88 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: with your compassion for those who do not yet know you. 89 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: Lead us to share your comfort with them, telling them 90 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: how Jesus suffered on our behalf and gave up his 91 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 1: spirit so that we might be resurrected with him like Jesus. 92 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: Help us daily and humbly yield to your will. Teach 93 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: us to trust your leadership, knowing that your way always 94 00:06:45,600 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: leads to life. In Jesus' name. Amen, your daily prayer 95 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: is a production of life, audio and sale media. 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