John 17:6-26 NIV
Yesterday, we prayed for all of our children. On the first day of Sunday School every fall, at Zion Lutheran, we put the names of all of the children (newborns thru college) in the offering plate. The plate is passed around and congregants, who are willing to commit to praying every day for the next year for a child, draws a name(s) out of the plate. We pray for those little ones who know and believe in Jesus. We pray for their lives in this world and in the Kingdom of God. We pray that they would continue to grow and abide in Christ and he in them.
In his last hours, Jesus also prayed for those who believed in him. He prayed for the disciples who were with him and followed him as well as for all who would believe in him through the disciples. He prayed that we would be one. He prayed that the Father's love would be in us. He prayed that through faith in him, he would abide in us.
He abides in all who believe. May God grant that Jesus should abide in us that the world might know him and our Father.
God's Peace - Pr. J
Yesterday, we prayed for all of our children. On the first day of Sunday School every fall, at Zion Lutheran, we put the names of all of the children (newborns thru college) in the offering plate. The plate is passed around and congregants, who are willing to commit to praying every day for the next year for a child, draws a name(s) out of the plate. We pray for those little ones who know and believe in Jesus. We pray for their lives in this world and in the Kingdom of God. We pray that they would continue to grow and abide in Christ and he in them.
In his last hours, Jesus also prayed for those who believed in him. He prayed for the disciples who were with him and followed him as well as for all who would believe in him through the disciples. He prayed that we would be one. He prayed that the Father's love would be in us. He prayed that through faith in him, he would abide in us.
He abides in all who believe. May God grant that Jesus should abide in us that the world might know him and our Father.
God's Peace - Pr. J
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