1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: You're listening to everyday prayers with Million Praying Moms helping 3 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 2: you pray God's word for your family in the areas 4 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 2: you need it most. I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. Here, 5 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,480 Speaker 2: we believe prayer isn't a last resort. It's our first 6 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 2: and best response in parenting, and every day we come 7 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 2: together to partner with God for the hearts of our children. 8 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 2: As we journey towards Easter. Together, we are unpacking the 9 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 2: final prayers of Jesus as we break them down. I 10 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 2: believe these prayers show us the heart of God and 11 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: can teach us so much about connecting with the Father 12 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 2: in prayer. Today we will discuss the power of posture 13 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 2: in prayer as we turn our attention to Jesus's prayer 14 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 2: in the Garden of Guessemone. To learn more about the 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 2: Million Praying Mom's ministry, visit Millionprayingmoms dot com. You can 16 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 2: find a link. 17 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: In our show notes. 18 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: After a quick word from our sponsors, we'll pray together 19 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 2: for our children. Matthew twenty six, thirty six through thirty nine. 20 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 2: Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Guessemone, 21 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: and he said to them, sit here while I go 22 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 2: over there and pray. He took Peter and the two 23 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 2: sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to 24 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 2: be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, my 25 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 2: soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. 26 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 2: Stay here and keep watch with me. Going a little farther, 27 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 2: he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, 28 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 2: my father, if it is possible, may this cup be 29 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 2: taken from me? Yet not as I will, but as 30 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 2: you will. Here in the prayer in the garden we 31 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 2: get a glimpse into the raw honesty of how Jesus 32 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: felt when he was facing his death. He knew what 33 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 2: was coming, He knew what was about to happen. He 34 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 2: knew that he would be arrested and trialed, ended in 35 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 2: great suffering, and ultimately in his death. He knew what 36 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 2: was coming, and he knew it was important for him 37 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 2: to pray. When we face hard things in our lives, 38 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 2: when we know challenging times are on the horizon, do 39 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 2: we pray like Jesus does. 40 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: Here. 41 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: What stands out to me in this passage is verse 42 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 2: thirty nine. He went in a little further and he 43 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 2: fell on his face and he prayed. I almost can 44 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 2: imagine the weight of the responsibility he was carrying, the 45 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 2: weight of what he knew was about to happen, causing 46 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 2: Jesus's body to almost crumple underneath him. You know, Jesus 47 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 2: was fully God, he also was fully human, and in 48 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 2: the humanness of his body, I like to picture this 49 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 2: moment as this, this hitting the knees because of the 50 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 2: weight of. 51 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: What he was carrying. 52 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 2: Jesus took the posture of humility, the posture of a beggar, 53 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 2: the king of kings that one day every knee would 54 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: bow down to bowed his knee down before the father, 55 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 2: bowed his head to the Father. Changing our posture is 56 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 2: what often allows us to connect our physical bodies to 57 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 2: our spiritual thoughts. By kneeling or by laying out as 58 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 2: Jesus does. Here we are saying to God, you are God, 59 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 2: I am not. You are big, I am small. You 60 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 2: see the big picture I only see right now. Reverence 61 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 2: in our body often precedes reverence in our hearts. There's 62 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 2: something powerful about getting on our knees or our faces 63 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 2: before God as an act of submission. Don't get me wrong, 64 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: I often pray without changing my posture. I'll pray while 65 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 2: I'm driving, pray in the shower, pray when I'm walking, 66 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 2: pray when I'm emptying the dishwasher or folding clothes. And 67 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 2: these prayers are all meaningful and important, But some of 68 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 2: the most powerful perspective shifting prayers I've ever prayed have 69 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 2: been those when my posture has changed, maybe bowing low 70 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 2: hands or arms out in submission, maybe in the laying 71 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 2: on of hands. I often lay hands on my kid's 72 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 2: bedroom doors when I pray for them, or lay my 73 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 2: hands on their foreheads as I pray for them at night. 74 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 2: Changing our posture and prayer can also help us when 75 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: we maybe are feeling stuck or maybe feeling a little 76 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: far from God. A change of scenery, a change of posture, 77 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 2: can can help us to reconnect with God. Jesus here 78 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 2: changing his posture shows humility, great humility, and it makes 79 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 2: me think of Philippians too, where Paul describes that Jesus, 80 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 2: though he was God, did not consider equality with God 81 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 2: something to be grasped. In Philippians too, Jesus, the one 82 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 2: who had all the right to stand before the Father, 83 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:24,239 Speaker 2: fell on his face. Our kids need to see us pray. 84 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 2: They need to see us pray with humility. Jesus's disciples 85 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: knew the importance of prayer because they watched Jesus practice it. 86 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 2: We have to model that for our children as well. 87 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 2: The other day, my sister sent a message saying that 88 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 2: my nephew, who's a college student and on the rowing 89 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 2: team at his university, he was at spring training and 90 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 2: she sent a text saying that everybody in his van 91 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 2: was sick. Would we pray for him? And so I said, oh, 92 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 2: to my family. Josie was playing on the floor Theo's 93 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 2: in his bounty seat. Preston and I were cleaning up, 94 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 2: picking up around the house, and I said, oh, James 95 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 2: needs prayer. We need to pray he doesn't get sick. 96 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 2: All of his boat mates are getting sick and we 97 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 2: can pray for them as well. And my husband just 98 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 2: begins praying out loud as he's continuing to pick up 99 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 2: around the house. He says, Dear Lord, please be with 100 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 2: James where he is, provide a hedge of protection around him, 101 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 2: help his boat mates that are sick, and he just 102 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 2: prays out loud for our son. Josie's still just kind 103 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 2: of doing what she's doing, and Thea's doing what he's doing. 104 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 2: And I just thought, Wow, what a great example my 105 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,239 Speaker 2: husband set for us in that moment of not waiting 106 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 2: or saying like, hey, we'll pray later, we'll pray when 107 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 2: we go to bed tonight, but just stopping and what 108 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 2: he was doing and prayed out loud in our living 109 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 2: room in a moment of normal living. Our kids need 110 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: to see that. Our kids need to see that prayer 111 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 2: is a normal response in our homes. When we pray 112 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 2: for our children, and when we pray with our children, 113 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 2: we get to show them what it looks like to 114 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 2: be in relationship with God. Especially when we pray with humility. 115 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 2: It can make all the difference in our hearts and 116 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 2: in theirs. Let's pray together, Father, May we come before 117 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 2: you with humble hearts. Today we posture ourselves in submission 118 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 2: to You, just as Jesus did. May we be unafraid 119 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 2: to change our physical posture in our prayers to help 120 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 2: change the posture of our hearts in Jesus name. 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