1. Announcements Thursday Night Bible Study Good Friday Service at the Mount 4/6 Resurrection Sunday at the Mount 4/8 Trenches at the Mount and Pizza and Movie Night – 4/13 Workday at the Mount – 4/14 Boy Scouts at the Mount – 4/20-21 Worship Night at the Mount - 4/27 Last Missions Fundraiser – 4/28 Fire Company at the Mount – 5/12

2. So near you can taste it

3. The Triumphal Entry After 33 years of waiting to arrive at the final destination of His physical existence, Jesus approaches His Mt Everest The most difficult battle of will is upon Him Being spit upon, whipped, beaten, mocked, and allowing His flesh to be destroyed was all ahead of Him He went forward, approaching the greatest battle, and greatest victory of His physical life

4. If the only thing you ever pick is a small fight, the most you’ll ever win is a small battle. Great victories require great battles

5. How big was the battle? He had to endure beating, spitting, abuse, blood, pain, thorns, whips, ignorant guards, fleeing and denying “friends”, torture, embarrassment, etc At His Word, the very one the created all things, He could have ended it, but He restrained Himself

6. How big was the victory? 1 Cor 15:54-58 1 John 5:6-13 Rom 5:6-21

7. What about your battles, and what about your awaiting victories?

8. So close you can taste it Your victory, over whatever hurts, holds back, binds, strains, frustrates….. Has been paid for in His blood It may cost you enduring, restraining, self control, self denial, determination, and tenacity But it has been paid for

9. How do we do it? Jesus declared to His disciples what He was about to do He prayed up – intense prayer to the point the drops of sweat becoming like blood – Matt 26:39-45 & Luke 22:41-45 He patiently endured, quietly, looking to His Father for the strength