1. Preparation for Victory Matthew 16, 17, 20

2. Preparation for Victory Preparing for Victory begins with understanding what you are preparing for.

3. Matthew 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.

4. Matthew 16:22 Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”

5. Matthew 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

6. Matthew 16:24-27 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.

7. Matthew 17:22-23 Now while they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up.” And they were exceedingly sorrowful.

8. Matthew 20:17-19 Now Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death, and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.”

9. Preparation for Victory 1. Know who we are following Matthew 16:13-20

10. Preparation for Victory 1.Know who we are following 2.Trust God’s plan and not our own 1.Know who we are following 2.Trust God’s plan and not our own Matthew 16:21-23

11. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the L ORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

12. Preparation for Victory 1.Know who we are following 2.Trust God’s plan and not our own 3.Focus, focus, focus 1.Know who we are following 2.Trust God’s plan and not our own 3.Focus, focus, focus Matthew 20:17-19

13. Preparation for Victory Preparing for Victory begins with understanding what you are preparing for.