Ezekiel 18:1-4; 25-32
Philippians 4:1-9
Philippians 4:1-9
February 19, 2010
I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. - John 17:9-19
Jesus our Savior speaks to us when He says that we should pray for everybody and not just ourselves because He is our one and only God. Therefore we can come to Him as true children ask their true Father. We should not pray for the things of this world but we should pray for everyone including our neighbors and elders. He gave us His word, He will keep us forever, He will forgive us from all our sins.
He will keep us from the evil one for we are not from this world we are from God’s kingdom. Our sins have been forgiven by Christ Jesus who died on the cross and rose again on the third day. Jesus says, “sanctify them by your truth your word is the truth.” The truth is powerful. It has the power to make us children of God and to keep us from sin.
Kaitlyn Jenkins
O Lord, we beseech Thee favorably to hear the prayers of Thy people that we, who are justly punished for our offenses, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness for the glory of Thy name; through Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Savior.[1]
I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. - John 17:9-19
Jesus our Savior speaks to us when He says that we should pray for everybody and not just ourselves because He is our one and only God. Therefore we can come to Him as true children ask their true Father. We should not pray for the things of this world but we should pray for everyone including our neighbors and elders. He gave us His word, He will keep us forever, He will forgive us from all our sins.
He will keep us from the evil one for we are not from this world we are from God’s kingdom. Our sins have been forgiven by Christ Jesus who died on the cross and rose again on the third day. Jesus says, “sanctify them by your truth your word is the truth.” The truth is powerful. It has the power to make us children of God and to keep us from sin.
Kaitlyn Jenkins
O Lord, we beseech Thee favorably to hear the prayers of Thy people that we, who are justly punished for our offenses, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness for the glory of Thy name; through Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Savior.[1]
[1] Collect for Septuagesima Sunday The Lutheran Hymnal © 1940 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis
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