Jesus looked toward heaven and prayed to His Father. His disciples were with Him on that night of Passover before His death. The disciples didn”™t know of the coming events”¦but Jesus did. As Jesus knew that in a few short hours He would be suffering beyond mere human endurance ““ what was His focus as […]
Jesus prayed to His Father on the night of His betrayal”¦as a High Priest. In this prayer found in John 17, He prayed: (NASB) John 17:12 “While I was with them [disciples], I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but […]
Prayer to the Living God of the Bible (NASB) Psalm 138:1-3 “I WILL give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods. 2 I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your […]
Jesus used this title for His Father ~ Holy Father. Holy is defined as “complete moral perfection”. God alone is worthy to receive the acclamations of holiness. In (NIV) Isaiah 6:3 God is acclaimed: “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory.” Jesus used this title for His […]
Sometimes the journey is to be enjoyed and the destination the least important. However, there are times when the destination is the primary focus and the journey becomes the least important. Today is your journey of prime importance or is it the least important? Is your destination to be your focus as you walk along […]
Who prays for you? Do you have anyone praying for you, for your best in today”™s circumstances? If you are a follower of Christ you do! You have Jesus the High Priest, praying for you, interceding for you! Perhaps you, or others you know, do not know Jesus as Savior”¦the first step that is needed […]
Jesus prayed to His Father His High Priestly prayer on the night before His betrayal by Judas Iscariot. In that prayer He said: (NASB) John 17:7-8 “Now they [the eleven disciples] have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; 8 for the words which You gave Me I have given […]
God the Father has exalted Jesus to the highest place of honor: (NASB) Philippians 2:9-11 “For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth […]
Jesus prayed for His disciples on the way to the Garden of Gethsemane. One part of that prayer is: (NASB) John 17:6 “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.” Jesus had […]
(NIV) John 17:5 “And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.” Jesus had a previous history with His Father ““ before the world began! Do we often consider Who He is and where He came from before He entered into the history of the […]