An eighteen-year-old unwrapped his father’s gift and found a Bible instead of the car keys he had dreamed of, and he never opened it. That story opens a reflection on the high priestly prayer of Jesus in John 17, where the Son asks the Father not for our earthly comfort but for our holiness, our unity and our eternity. The sermon shows that while we pray for daily bread, Jesus prays for what we ourselves forget to ask for. Listen and find out what Jesus is asking on your behalf today.
Jesus Prays for Us
Teach Us to Pray
Of all the spiritual practices the disciples could have asked Jesus to teach them, they chose this one: prayer. Jesus himself not only taught them how to pray, but through stories and parables he showed how humble and persistent prayer can change reality. “Breaking through to heaven”, that’s how John Ortberg described prayer, and that’s what we’ll seek to learn alongside Jesus’ disciples during Lent.
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