FEAST TALK SERIES FOR JANUARY 16- MARCH 6, 2022

Guidelines for Feast Planter or Light Group Head

FULFILLED
Talk 4: Crushed

I. AT A GLANCE
For the past two years, we’ve been unpacking the Gospel of Matthew.
After the long-running Feast Talk series The Clash, we now have a new Feast
Talk Series titled Fulfilled, based on Matthew 26— about the steps that yes,
fulfilled, Jesus’ mission toward the Cross.
Talk 1, titled Anointed, was about the first step, how Jesus started His
way to Calvary.
Talk 2 of Fulfilled, titled Betrayed, was about how we arrive at the
start of the climax of His journey: The last meal of Jesus with His disciples
before He dies.
Talk 3, titled Denied, was about how Peter the Apostle sadly fails to
acknowledge that he is part of Jesus’ team-- and Jesus’ response to this
painful denial.
Talk 4, titled Crushed, continues the pain—getting more severe—as
Jesus shows He is Man yes, crushed during His Agony in the Garden. So, we
can relate with Him, understand Him better, and thus we will be able to do
what He wants us to do.
The key message: “Want what God wants.”

II. REVIEW THE KEY BIBLE VERSES

Talk 4: Crushed
Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he
said, “Sit here while I go over there to pray.” 37 He took Peter and Zebedee’s
two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed. 38 He
told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and
keep watch with me.”
39 He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground,
praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away
from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
40 Then he returned to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to
Peter, “Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour? 41 Keep watch and pray,
so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the
body is weak!”
42 Then Jesus left them a second time and prayed, “My Father! If this cup
cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will be done.” 43 When he
returned to them again, he found them sleeping, for they couldn’t keep their
eyes open.
44 So he went to pray a third time, saying the same things again. 45 Then he
came to the disciples and said, “Go ahead and sleep. Have your rest. But
look—the time has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of
sinners. 46 Up, let’s be going. Look, my betrayer is here!” (Matthew 26:36-
46 NLT)
Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and
led them up a high mountain to be alone. 2 As the men watched, Jesus’
appearance was transformed so that his face shone like the sun, and his
clothes became as white as light. 3 Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared and
began talking with Jesus. (Matthew 7:1-3 NLT)

III. ASK FOR REACTIONS AND REFLECTIONS

 Ask:
1. Think of a time in your life where you went through a
Gethsemane experience: you prayed amid the intense pressure; you
chose servanthood over godhead, and you overcame.
2. Where do you feel you experience entrainment with God and now
you want what God wants?

Encourage members to take the two steps toward the end goal of all
prayer: total surrender:

First Step: You Tell God What Is in Your Heart. Have some time
during the meeting to make members write down their Dream List. Then
suggest that according to their list, make their Dream Board at home and
then present this during the next meeting.

Step Two: You Let God Tell You What Is in His Heart
The purpose of prayer is not to get what we want, but to want what
God wants.
Encourage members to pray for entrainment with God-- that is, to
let your heartbeat follow the heartbeat of God.
The real miracle is not when God answers your prayer, but when
God’s heartbeat is beating inside your chest.

IV. PRAY FOR EACH OTHER

Pray:
Father, I want to surrender my life to You more.
Help me to want what you want.
In Jesus name.
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