Archive for July 1, 2012

Life Source – Week 9 – Day 1 ** John 17: 20

Today, we will finish our thinking about Jesus’ prayer in John 17. Read John 17: 20 – 26.  As you read, identify the key theme.  It is hard to miss!  

In verse 20 we hear Jesus shift from praying for His individual disciples to praying for the believers that will follow in years and centuries to come.  Those believers constitute Christ’s church.  So when you read the pronoun “them” in these verses … it refers to Jesus’ church.  She cannot be ignored as unimportant, as unnecessary.  She is Christ’s body on this earth … and He spent time in prayer for her before More >

Life Source – Week 9 – Day 1 ** John 17: 20

Today, we will finish our thinking about Jesus’ prayer in John 17. Read John 17: 20 – 26.  As you read, identify the key theme.  It is hard to miss!  

In verse 20 we hear Jesus shift from praying for His individual disciples to praying for the believers that will follow in years and centuries to come.  Those believers constitute Christ’s church.  So when you read the pronoun “them” in these verses … it refers to Jesus’ church.  She cannot be ignored as unimportant, as unnecessary.  She is Christ’s body on this earth … and He spent time in prayer for her before More >

Thought for the morning of Sun July 1, 2012

The streams of living water which flow from Jerusalem are not dried up by the parching heats of sultry midsummer any more than they were frozen by the cold winds of blustering winter. Rejoice, O my soul, that thou art spared to testify of the faithfulness of the Lord. The seasons change and thou changest, but thy Lord abides evermore the same, and the streams of his love are as deep, as broad and as full as ever. The heats of business cares and scorching trials make me need the cooling influences of the river of His grace; I may More >