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Following Jesus – The Need To PRAY! (Sermon Audio)

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This is the audio from the August 24, 2025 sermon, “Following Jesus: The Need To Pray!”, shared by Tom Lemler at the Deer Run Church of Christ.

Text: Matthew 26:36-56

 

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.  The spirit is willing, but the body is weak” 
Matthew 26:41 (NIV)

As one called by Jesus to “Come, follow me”, Matthew gives us great teaching on what it looks like to live a life which follows Jesus.  As Jesus left the upper room with His disciples, they headed to the garden of Gethsemane where He taught them, and us, about the need to . . .

  • Pause:  Matthew 26:36-39

    • Our need to pray teaches us about the need to pause and be deliberate about our time with God. 

  • Resist:  Matthew 26:40-41

    • Our need to pray shows us a need to resist temptation by staying in communication with God.

  • Ask:  Matthew 26:42-46

    • Our need to pray contains in its nature a need to ask God, not to inform Him but to inform us about His nature and will.

  • Yield:  Matthew 26:47-56

    • Our need to pray should always lead us to our need to yield so that we willingly participate in God’s will being done.

Today, how will you PRAY?