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 […]
The Lord blesses His people when they dwell together in unity. United in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Amplified) Psalm 133:1-3 “BEHOLD, HOW good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2It is like the precious ointment poured on the head, that ran down on the beard, even the beard of […]
The meaning of “˜sanctify”™: to reserve for sacred use; consecrate How were the eleven men who were followers of Jesus sanctified, set apart for sacred use? Jesus said it was by God”™s truth. Notice it was not people”™s truth but God”™s! (NASB) John 17:17 “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.” Jesus said […]
There are many definitions of truth floating around today”¦”˜your truth is not my truth”™, “˜what”™s true for you isn”™t true for me”™, nothing is truth, all is false. How misleading and depressing”¦nothing on which you can trustingly live. This foundation is unstable and undependable. Followers of Christ have comfort and can live with confidence because […]
Followers of Christ are to live as one on a journey with heaven as our destination. A house, property, work, a ministry, recreation, “˜stuff”™ which we accumulate, whatever you have in this world (no matter how much or how little) ““ shouldn”™t we use them as a means in doing God”™s will, His way? People […]
Paul was an apostle of Jesus Christ who witnessed to his jailers. He continued to witness and encouraged believers even while he was in prison by writing letters such as: (NASB) Philippians 1:12-14 “Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, 13 so […]