LEARNING FROM THE EXPERT

I’m often blessed by the wonderful things Jesus prays that You and I would experience, but also by His tender and trusting open hearted expressions of faith and trust.

We’ll use some of Jesus’ words to guide us as we pray today:

Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.

John 17:1-2

Heavenly Father, we first of all want to thank You for Jesus who has clearly shown You to us and shown us how to relate to You in the most personal and powerful way.

As He asked, so we ask that You would get glory from our lives as we walk in the authority we’ve been granted.  We only seem to know a little of that closeness and authority but we want to experience more today. 

We don’t want some dead facts running around in our heads about You but we want something to be alive in our hearts that You promise to give us when we invite You to come into our lives.  Come and show us the Father as You knew His love and His authority. 

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

John 17:3

Thank you for Jesus who willingly came to earth to provide eternal life for those who would put their trust in Him.

We’re grateful today that we can know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent, know Your heart of love and generosity for us, know Your willingness to get involved, even at the expense of Your own life, know Your active interest in our little lives, and the mundane and not so mundane details of what’s going on in our world.

The longing of our hearts is to really know and experience the closeness of a trustworthy and loving Father who cares deeply for us and will make everything we need today available to us.

From ancient times You’ve told us that is what is good and while other things seem to complicate life we want to just keep drawing ourselves back to carrying out the good things that build our love for you, our relationships in our families and with our friends, and reach out to those in need around us.  Amen