Your Will Be Done: Christ's Sovereign Will

• Devotional for Midweek Prayer Meeting *

I. THREE BASIC ELEMENTS TO PRAYER

A. Communion, v9
B. Intercession, v10
C. Supplication (petition/requests), vv11-13

II. INTERCESSION, Part 2

A. the Son's Submission to His Father
"Your will be done…" reminds us of…

1. Christ's submission & obedience as a Son
   a. John 5:30 (Psa 40:7-8; John 8:29)
2. Christ's surrender & obedience as the only Substitute
   a. Luke 22:41-44 (Matt 26:36-42)

B. the Saint's Submission to Our Lord
"Your will be done…" acknowledges, accepts & applies…

1. Christ Jesus as Lord of our leading, Matt 28:18
2. Christ's cross as the power of our pleading, Heb 10:7-10
3. Christ's will is the strength of our heeding, Luke 9:23