Here is our Good friday outline and messages this year. We had thought about what to do and the disciples falling asleep stood out to us. So feel free to take what you like and share it. The Childrens pastor and I team taught this.
Awaken
5pm worship team arrives
6:30pm service Starts
Key verses: Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14 Disciples falling
asleep; Luke 22:40-45 asleep from exhaustion
Opening Song: Heart
of Worship
Read Passage: Luke
22:39-46
AWAKEN
What causes you to
fall asleep?
Intro: Are
you tired? Do you need be awaken? Could you use a shot of Christ caffeine?
(Odd# Bill, Even# Jon)
1) Are
you weary that your prayers are not being answered?
2)
Are you tired of picking up cheerios for the 100th time?
3) Are
you exhausted of your expectations being unmet?
4)
Are you giving up on the fight of sin?
5) Are
you tired of your job demands?
6)
Are you weary of things not going right?
7) Are
you exhausted of worry for your kids?
8)
Are you tired of not having all the answers?
9) Are
you weary knowing that the mountain of laundry is only getting bigger?
10)
Are you exhausted with dealing with your physical pain?
11)
Are you burned out fighting your addiction?
12)
Are you tired of the not being good enough?
13)
Are you wearing of not measuring up to the task?
14)
Are you tired being alone.
Bill: Tonight we are
going to look at a familiar passage of when the disciples struggled to stay
awake and pray to God. We invite
you to case these questions on Christ and relax and breath in God.
Jon: Are you
exhausted in Sorrow?
Luke 22:40-46
On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw
beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father,
if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
43 An angel from heaven appeared to
him and strengthened him. 44 And
being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of
blood falling to the ground.
45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples,
he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so
that you will not fall into temptation.”
Question: Christ was exhausted. He fell down and
prayed. Are you exhausted from sorrow?
Are you tired and sad of being sad and tired?
Medically when someone is tired their muscles are in the
mode of shutting down, They are fatigued and they want to quit and the brain is
still active but when you are able to shut your brain off you can sleep. The
problem lies with sorrow you are constantly thinking about the loss. That might
look like, a loss of a close friend, loss of a job or something important to
you, loss of a loved one. I don’t
know your sorrow or your pain but we do know one that does. He knows even
better than you do.
The dictionary
definition of sorrow is: deep distress,
sadness, or regret especially for the loss of someone or something loved
Are you overcome by Sorrow
We should pray that we don’t be overcome
from Sorrow. Pray to realign yourself and allow God to be the place of
importance.
The disciples were sorrowful. Christ had
told them that the person that they had given up everything to follow was going
to go to leave them. He told Peter
he was going to disown him three times. And That Judas was going to betray him.
They were in deep distress.
But when we let it become greater than God
we are misaligned and because of that we can fall into temptation.
Pray so that you are not overcome from
Sorrow.
We
can give us our important stuff and he will take care of it for us. He will
trade those sorrows for Joy of the lord.
Song: Trading my
sorrows
Bill: Matthew says because there eyes were heavy…
Physical?
Spirit
is willing but the body is weak
Mark 14:40
37 Then
he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he
said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for
one hour?
38 Watch and pray so that you will not fall
into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
39 Once
more he went away and prayed the same thing. 40 When he came back, he again found them sleeping,
because their eyes were heavy. They did not know what to say to him.
In our story of the garden we see that the
disciple’s eyes were heavy so they fell asleep. Jesus said that their bodies
were weak. They were tired they had a long day well really they had a long
week. It started out high with the triumphal entry then constant coming and
going then this low of Christ talking about leaving them.
In Mark 14:27-31
27 “You
will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for
it is written:
28 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of
you into Galilee.”
29 Peter
declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.”
30 “Truly
I tell you,” Jesus answered, “today—yes,
tonight—before the rooster crows twice[b] you
yourself will disown me three times.”
31 But
Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never
disown you.” And all the others said the same.
Jesus had been talking about how he would have
to die. The disciples all expressed how they were going to hold fast to Jesus
even to death. The truth is they were going to do this on their own power and
by falling asleep they were showing their lack of dependence.
We can imagine how they must have felt. It
seemed like they had so much to do with an uncertain future.
How often do you feel like all that is before
you is more than you can handle and your future is uncertain?
You have work, family, church and any other
commitments that the you have taken on and it seems like there isn’t enough
time in the day. You feel like you are doing nothing well and you carry around
guilt and you just tired.
Your friends say to you, “are you ok?” and
you say I’m just tired.
If you are feeling this way chances are you
have taken everything upon yourself.
The disciples’ statement in verse 31 reeks of
self-sufficiency. There is now doubt that they earnestly desired to not fall
away but on their own power they would not only fall away but they couldn’t
even stay awake.
Their purpose in coming to the garden was to
pray but they had given up on prayer and fell asleep.
Jesus told them to pray so they wouldn’t fall
into temptation but they went to sleep instead.
Much of the time we step out on our own and
are only overwhelmed instead of coming before God for guidance and strength.
Pray so that you are not overcome false
expectations.
Let tonight be the night when you say I going
to stop depending on myself and start depending upon God.
Song : Lead me to the
Cross
Jon: Are you exhausted
from sin? Boardom?
Be
careful not to fall into temptation.
When he rose from prayer and went back to the
disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so
that you will not fall into temptation.” Luke 22:45-46
Watch and Pray
In our battle of Sin. We often can just want
to toss in the towel and give up. We can so easily get bogged down by the fight
against sin.
1 Peter 5:8-9 says
Be
alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion
looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist
him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers
throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
Are you clear minded?
Pray so you are not overcome with Sin.
During the next few songs if you want
someone to pray with someone you can come on up to the front. You might not see
someone up here but they are. They would love to pray for you. They will just
ask, “how can I pray for you” You don’t need to be a member of our church if
you want to come up for prayer.
Closing song:
Nothing
but the blood
10,000
reasons
By
His Wounds
Bill: We leave you with this verse:
Matt 11:28-29
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
When
we are overwhelmed by the things of this world we are taking on the yoke of
this world but Jesus said to come to Him and in coming we put down the burdens
of this world and take up His much lighter yoke.
I encourage you tonight to come to Christ
tonight and place your sin. Your sorrow. And your stuff at his feet and walk
free under his yoke of prayer and dependence upon Him.
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