Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.
My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me." Portions of Jesus' prayer from John 17
When I first started this blog, I remember being overcome by the awesome knowledge that people all over the world could access this website and could hear from a lowly, unworthy servant of God this great good news of salvation for the world.
When I noticed this week that visitors from Australia, Austria, Hong Kong, Romania, Mexico, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Mongolia, Maylasia, Netherlands, India, Canada, the Republic of Korea, Ukraine, Philippines, and most states in America had accessed this blog in the last month, my heart leapt with the knowledge that I have the awesome privilege and responsibility to introduce you to this Jesus, the One who is praying for you at this very moment.
I am praying for you that Jesus will meet every need that you have. But what is really powerful and the most important thing is--Jesus is praying for YOU.
In the prayer above Jesus is praying for believers but then He also prays for those "who will believe." And dear friend, if you have never met this Jesus, that is YOU He is praying for. He loves you and wants you to be One with Him, the Father and the body of Christ.
In the sidebar to the left is a page entitled, "Do You Know Jesus?" It includes a simple prayer to introduce you to the God of the Universe.
He wrote no book
and yet His words and prayer
Are intimate on myriad tongues,
Are counsel everywhere. Therese Lindsey
I long to love as Jesus loved.
Jesus prayed for Himself and all of us in John 17. You may read the whole chapter here.
Photo: The heart wreath taken at Carolyn's earlier this week in her awesome "older" home with so much character.
