Words of Grace our Master prays
~ Jesus Prays for His Church  ~

In the 17 chapter of John, we get to hear our Savior pray for His own. His prayer is gloriously full of power and authority. Please take time to read the entire prayer. I have only quoted some of it.

Facing betrayal unto death on the cross, Jesus prayed for his children- those who were already his and those who would later accept him as Savior.  His desire was for his people to become one with each other, one with Him and the Father so that the world would believe that the Father had sent Him to save them.

Jesus knew all things that would soon come upon Him - betrayal, scourging, insults and mockery, and finally death on a cross. Even though Jesus faced so much, he thought about us. What love! What selflessness!

Jesus prayed for us just a short while before He was arrested and charged and crucified. Can you imagine yourself being concerned for the well-being of others knowing that you were going to endure such cruel and evil treatment within a few hours? O, the love of God in Jesus! Everything Jesus did and said was for our good. Jesus died for you and for me.

Meditating upon Christ's thoughts and words of love brings comfort to my heart and soul. I can rest assured that God will accomplish His salvation in me. I feel sure that, if you take time to prayerfully read Christ's entire prayer in John 17, you too will be refreshed in him.

Jesus desires for us to be joyful, full of hope and love. All that He has written to us is to bring us joy - His joy complete in us!

 

JESUS ASKED THE FATHER -
verse 11 ... "And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are."


verse 13 ... "And now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves."


verse 15 ... "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil."


verse 17 ... "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."


verse 21 ... "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me."


verse 24 ... "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovest me before the foundation of the world."

What did Jesus' prayer accomplish for us?

have the joy of Jesus alive in us ... we will be kept from the evil one
we will be sanctified in truth ... we will one day be with Jesus
we will be one with Jesus and he will abide in us
 

I pray that you are blessed by the magnificence Of Christ's person, and his great love and concern for our well being. I pray that, as you read his prayer, your faith in who God is will grow and that you will be assured that God will accomplish all that Jesus has asked Him to do.