{"id":11045,"date":"2019-08-05T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=11045"},"modified":"2019-07-24T15:42:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T19:42:44","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-8-5-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-8-5-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 8-5-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luke 22:41-42 (NKJV) 41 And He was withdrawn from them about a stone\u2019s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, \u201cFather, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jesus set the ultimate example here for us to follow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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No, not just in the fact He laid down His life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Even though that is the most critical part of the big picture, the fact that He submitted to the Father and set His own will aside is what led Him to follow through and give His life for us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Had he chosen to follow His own will, as He stated Himself when He asked if it would be possible to take \u201cthis cup\u201d from Him, there would have been no crucifixion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Regardless of what His flesh felt, Jesus did the Father\u2019s will and died in your place and my place on that cross.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That is the example we all need to look at and follow each day, to the best of our ability, led by the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our flesh is weak, but strong at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It is weak when it comes to surrendering to God. But it is strong when it comes to wanting its own way. It is a paradoxical tug of war constantly going on within us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But, if we can grasp the fact that Jesus was 100% human then we can also begin to see and understand that we, too, need to learn how to submit our will to God, deferring to Him when we make our choices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sometimes this can be much easier than we might think. Other times it can be a very difficult thing, as it was for Jesus in the verses above, as our flesh rises up and does battle with our spirit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As we grow in our relationship with God, though, it becomes much easier. And when those extremely difficult crossroads come along, we will be much more inclined to choose God\u2019s will over ours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Seven Seas Ministries
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Luke 22:41-42 (NKJV) 41 And He was withdrawn from them about a stone\u2019s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, \u201cFather, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.\u201d Jesus set the ultimate example here for us to follow. No, not just … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[375],"tags":[1724,3837,4770,2424,4771,3836],"class_list":["post-11045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surrendering-to-god","tag-bible-verse-about-surrendering-to-god","tag-bible-verses-about-surrendering-our-lives-to-god","tag-bible-verses-about-surrendering-our-will-to-god","tag-bible-verses-about-surrendering-to-god","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-surrendering-our-will-to-god","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-surrendering-to-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11048,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11045\/revisions\/11048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}