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If you want to know what someone thinks about God, listen to their prayers. Do they ask God only for wealth and possessions, or for others’ salvation? Do they appeal for God’s intervention like they would present a business proposal or as a child petitioning his or her father?
In John 17, we’re allowed to eavesdrop on one of Jesus’ prayers to God. Although it is only moments before He will be betrayed, beaten, and crucified, Jesus takes time to pray on behalf of His disciples. He shows His heartfelt concern, not only for the men He has taught for years but for those who would later hear His message, including you.
The intimacy and familiarity with which Jesus speaks to God is evident. For eternity, even before “the foundation of the world,” Jesus and God the Father have shared a perfect loving relationship. Through Christ, you have been enabled to enter into their perfect loving union. You have received eternal life and restoration to a loving and intimate relationship with God through Jesus.
God is not far off, and Jesus’s concern for you is not distant. He prayed for you. Even today, the Son resides next to the Father, continuing to appeal on your behalf (1 John 2:1). Today, thank God for allowing you to enter into a completely loving relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.
1) What did you learn about Jesus from this chapter?
2) How are you encouraged by the fact that Jesus prayed for you?
3) How can your confidence in God’s love for you affect your actions, even in the face of those who hate you (verse 14)?
In John 17, we’re allowed to eavesdrop on one of Jesus’ prayers to God. Although it is only moments before He will be betrayed, beaten, and crucified, Jesus takes time to pray on behalf of His disciples. He shows His heartfelt concern, not only for the men He has taught for years but for those who would later hear His message, including you.
The intimacy and familiarity with which Jesus speaks to God is evident. For eternity, even before “the foundation of the world,” Jesus and God the Father have shared a perfect loving relationship. Through Christ, you have been enabled to enter into their perfect loving union. You have received eternal life and restoration to a loving and intimate relationship with God through Jesus.
God is not far off, and Jesus’s concern for you is not distant. He prayed for you. Even today, the Son resides next to the Father, continuing to appeal on your behalf (1 John 2:1). Today, thank God for allowing you to enter into a completely loving relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.
1) What did you learn about Jesus from this chapter?
2) How are you encouraged by the fact that Jesus prayed for you?
3) How can your confidence in God’s love for you affect your actions, even in the face of those who hate you (verse 14)?
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About this Plan
Jesus has been called many things: prophet, teacher, man, God. But who did He say He was? And once you see who Jesus is, what does that mean for you and your life? This reading plan goes chapter by chapter through the book of John. Because when we know who Jesus is, we can see who He's calling us to be.
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