Jesus Prays for You - April 1
As a pastor I hear a lot of requests for prayer. I am more than happy to pray with people and for their needs. But I wonder what the disciples had to be thinking, as they were eavesdropping on Jesus' prayers to his heavenly Father. I wonder if they began to realize what Jesus was doing for them over those short few years.
Jesus says…
- [Father] you gave them to me. John 17:6
- They know everything about You. John 17:7
- I have guarded them. John 17:12
- I have given them your word. John 17:14
- I have kept them from the evil one. John 17:15
- I have sent them into the world. John 17:18
- May they be in us. John 17:22
- I will be in them John 17:26
I don’t think the disciples would have prayed for these things. They didn’t know any better. I’m not trying to be high and mighty. I don’t know better. I don’t often pray for these things. But these are the things Jesus wants for us and even does for us without us knowing it.
What a loving God we have in Jesus.