Prayer
What Jesus Really Wants
Read: John 17:24-26 To see my glory . . . (v. 24) The Make-A-Wish Foundation fulfills the wishes of children with critical illnesses. Some ask for a family trip to Disney
Jon Opgenorth February 21, 2023
Read: John 17:24-26 To see my glory . . . (v. 24) The Make-A-Wish Foundation fulfills the wishes of children with critical illnesses. Some ask for a family trip to Disney
Read: John 17:20-23 So that the world may believe . . . (v. 21) Did you know there are more than 45,000 Christian denominations in the world? We Christians are experts
Read: John 17:17-19 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. (v. 17) When my kids were young, one of our favorite family games was Mario Kart. My kids always
Read: John 17:14-16 Keep them from the evil one. (v. 15) What troubles you today? What challenge threatens to shipwreck your faith? Just before his prayer, Jesus promised the disciples something:
Read: John 17:9-13 Keep them in your name. (v. 10) Once each month I pray with our ministry’s global leaders. I am struck by the contrast of their prayers with mine.
Read: John 17:6-8 They have believed that you sent me. (v. 8) How do we actually experience salvation? John 3:16 says that everyone who believes in Jesus will “have eternal life.”
Read: John 17:1-5 Glorify your Son. (v. 1) I learn best how to pray by hearing mature believers pray. Imagine what the disciples learned from hearing Jesus! They were privileged to
Read: Matthew 6:5-15 Pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (v. 6) There are public rewards, and there are private
Read: 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13 We pray most earnestly night and day. (v. 10) The problem-plagued moon mission of NASA’s Apollo 13 gripped the world for seven anxious days in April of