In verses 1-3 the Psalmist speaks of Who God is to him: (NASB) Psalm 23:1-6 “THE LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name”™s […]
What gives me confidence in Jesus Christ and His High Priestly prayer? Jesus”™ prayer was to the Righteous Father in John 17. His prayer was based on His personal relationship with the Righteous Father. Jesus”™ prayer of intimacy and intercession was based on His personal knowledge. Your personal knowledge and personal relationship with the living […]
Do you know that Jesus prayed for you on the night of His betrayal? Do you know what Jesus desires for you? Do you know what Jesus”™ disciples”™ faithful testimony has done for you to know Jesus? Consider each of those questions, one at a time: Do you know that Jesus prayed for you on […]
What does the world need to know? What do those without a relationship with the God of the Bible, the Creator, need to know? As Jesus prayed His High Priestly prayer in the hours before His betrayal, He prayed for those who would come into a relationship with Him. He included what they needed to […]
God”™s standard of unity is the Oneness which the Father and the Son have. (NASB) John 17:22 “The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;” Jesus always chose to do exactly that which was to please His Father. (NASB) John 8:28-29 […]
What an incredible prayer Jesus prayed not long before His arrest, trials and execution. He prayed for Himself (John 17:1-5), He prayed for His disciples (John 17:6-19) THEN He prayed for those who will believe in Him through the message of these eleven men (John 17:20-26). He prayed for oneness for His followers, oneness with […]
(NASB) John 17:20-21 “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; 21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us”¦”™” Jesus desires unity of believers as God […]
Jesus prayed for His eleven disciples who were to give out the Good News of Messiah; the Anointed One of God. Jesus prayed for those who would believe in Him through their message. (NASB) John 17:20 “I do not ask on behalf of these (eleven disciples) alone, but for those also who believe in Me […]
Jesus interceded for Himself; then for His eleven disciples “¦then for all who would believe in the future”¦that is you and me! Have you ever thought about that?! You, if you have received Jesus into your life as your Savior and Lord, were prayed for on the night of His betrayal! That night He would […]
Jesus prayed for His eleven disciples in His High Priestly prayer. For what reason did Jesus send His eleven disciples into the world? They were to accomplish the purposes of God. Jesus had been sent into the world by His Father to do what was needed to accomplish God”™s purposes and the disciples were sent […]