I am surprised of how Jesus prayed for him then the disciples then for all of us! I loved it when Christ said 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..
those verses just touched my heart for Christ is asking sincerely to God for us, believers, to be come one and know of You.. and it definitely have worked we know of God thousands of years later. I think this is why it is important to share gospel to all over the world!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
March 30 - John 17: 6 - 18
14I 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. 15My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17Sanctify[b] them by the truth; your word is truth. 18As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
I can see that Jesus really cared for us while he was here on earth.. His prayer to God is so sincere and heartbroken for the world has hated the Word that Christ came to share. I need to think more seriously of this matter for I take it for granted.. I didn't not deserve any of this but Christ came.. for me.. for us.. so we believe that the Word is the truth.. the only truth!
I can see that Jesus really cared for us while he was here on earth.. His prayer to God is so sincere and heartbroken for the world has hated the Word that Christ came to share. I need to think more seriously of this matter for I take it for granted.. I didn't not deserve any of this but Christ came.. for me.. for us.. so we believe that the Word is the truth.. the only truth!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
March 11, John 17:1-5
1After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
When I read this my first thought is, even Jesus Christ prays to God.. and some of us don't even give a minute a day to get down on our knees to pray to God.. Jesus's prayer just shows His true purpose of coming down to this fallen world. I cannot thank Christ enough for coming here to bring God's glory.. so we may have eternal life through Him.. THANK YOU LORD
When I read this my first thought is, even Jesus Christ prays to God.. and some of us don't even give a minute a day to get down on our knees to pray to God.. Jesus's prayer just shows His true purpose of coming down to this fallen world. I cannot thank Christ enough for coming here to bring God's glory.. so we may have eternal life through Him.. THANK YOU LORD
March 10, John 16:17-33
17Some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean by saying, 'In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,' and 'Because I am going to the Father'?" 18They kept asking, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We don't understand what he is saying."
19Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, "Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, 'In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me'? 20I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. 22So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. 23In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 24Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. 25"Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. 26In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father." 29Then Jesus' disciples said, "Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. 30Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God." 31"You believe at last!"[e] Jesus answered. 32"But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. 33"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
Things may seem hard or overwhelming at the moment but as time go by.. peace will come. For as Jesus said, I have overcome the world!
"I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."
19Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, "Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, 'In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me'? 20I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. 22So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. 23In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 24Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. 25"Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. 26In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 27No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father." 29Then Jesus' disciples said, "Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech. 30Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God." 31"You believe at last!"[e] Jesus answered. 32"But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. 33"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
Things may seem hard or overwhelming at the moment but as time go by.. peace will come. For as Jesus said, I have overcome the world!
"I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."
Monday, March 9, 2009
March 9, John 16:1-16
5"Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' 6Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. 7But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt[a] in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; 10in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned. 12"I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. 15All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.
Jesus is now warning his disciples about how he will be leaving this earth but he will send the holy spirit to watch over us. I pray that every time I commit a sin, as Jesus said, the holy spirit will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment..
16"In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me."
And finally.. his resurrection is made known to the disciples..
Jesus is now warning his disciples about how he will be leaving this earth but he will send the holy spirit to watch over us. I pray that every time I commit a sin, as Jesus said, the holy spirit will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment..
16"In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me."
And finally.. his resurrection is made known to the disciples..
March 8- John 15: 18-27
18"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.'b]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[b] If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me. 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. 23He who hates me hates my Father as well. 24If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'c]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[c]
One thing I struggle a lot these days is.. persecution. In my soc class we have been discussing Christianity a lot and I am always surprised how people view Christians as and what they believe that it is. I should stand up for what I believe but I usually chicken out and just let it go. Life is full of temptations and the world will hate me for being a Christian.. as Jesus even mentioned in the bible.. I believe that God is breaking my heart for what breaks His.. for we will be rewarded in heaven.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
March 7 - John 15:1-17
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
We are God's branches.. without the vine branches cannot survive for it receives nutrients from the vine. God continues to tell us that we should remain in Him.. and remain in His love.. for we will become His friends...
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