I'm in the Bible!!!
Did you know that you and I are in the Bible? We may not be mentioned by name, but Jesus takes some time to pray specifically for those of us who believe in Him, those of us who are his disciples.
Just before Jesus was arrested and taken off to be questioned, beat, and killed, he spent time praying for us. You can read about it in John 17:20-26.
Jesus finishes praying for the Disciples he had with him at the time and then says he is praying “also for those who will believe in me.” That’s us!! And Jesus prays some specific things for us.
First, he wants us to be in Him and Him in us. Always a confusing saying, but if we look at the example Jesus uses that God was in Jesus, that is what Jesus wants for us. He wants us to be in Him so He will be in us, in order that the world may believe.
Next, Jesus wants us to live in unity with one another. He wants us to love and serve so the world will see how much God loves us by how much we love each other.
He also wants us to go to Heaven with him and see God’s glory. He knows that the only way to do this is to believe and be a follower of Jesus because Jesus himself said, “no one comes to the Father except through me.”
And finally, not only does he want you to see them, he wants everyone to see who God is. He wants to be in us to show others through us.
It is awesome to think about us being prayed for specifically by Jesus himself! Are we living up to the things Jesus prayed for us about?
Just before Jesus was arrested and taken off to be questioned, beat, and killed, he spent time praying for us. You can read about it in John 17:20-26.
Jesus finishes praying for the Disciples he had with him at the time and then says he is praying “also for those who will believe in me.” That’s us!! And Jesus prays some specific things for us.
First, he wants us to be in Him and Him in us. Always a confusing saying, but if we look at the example Jesus uses that God was in Jesus, that is what Jesus wants for us. He wants us to be in Him so He will be in us, in order that the world may believe.
Next, Jesus wants us to live in unity with one another. He wants us to love and serve so the world will see how much God loves us by how much we love each other.
He also wants us to go to Heaven with him and see God’s glory. He knows that the only way to do this is to believe and be a follower of Jesus because Jesus himself said, “no one comes to the Father except through me.”
And finally, not only does he want you to see them, he wants everyone to see who God is. He wants to be in us to show others through us.
It is awesome to think about us being prayed for specifically by Jesus himself! Are we living up to the things Jesus prayed for us about?
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