Prayer is probably the most important and impactful thing we can do as people and as followers of Christ. Prayer is awesome. It is breathtaking to think that a silly, sinful human like me can communicate with Almighty God... the Creator of Heaven and Earth!! WOW!!!
As important as prayer is, we should really pay close attention to the times in Scripture when Jesus is praying. It would make sense that He would be pretty good at it! But check out what Jesus prays in verse 17. He prays that the Father would make His disciples holy.
So, when Jesus prayed for you and me, He prayed that we would be holy. He didn't pray we would be healthy. He didn't pray that we would be happy. He didn't pray that we would have money. He didn't pray that our churches would be popular. He didn't pray that we would have an easy life. He didn't pray that our kids would always obey us, or that our spouses would always show us love. Jesus prays that the Father would make us holy by the truth of the Father.
So then, what is that truth? The truth is that Jesus is all we need. We would like to have everything I listed above, but what we need is Jesus. Him and Him only. And when we pursue Him and His truth, He makes us holy.
Jesus wants me holy... Hmm... interesting....
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