I am away – so pre-writing these – this third one is about Jesus praying for people to believe.  PRAYING FOR LOVE ALL AROUND…

I just wrote about praying for people we know – like Jesus praying for His DIsciples – that they would and could be protected from the evil one…  We see evil and disruption and pitting people against people in this world – we need to pray too for evil to decrease and love to be known. This writing is a reminder to pray for people we don’t know – but God does…  pray too for unity, not in a cause, but in the One Truth of Jesus’s Love. 

Jesus said: “I do not pray for these alone, [disciples in front of Him at dinner] but also for those who will believe in Me through their [disciples sharing the gospel truth] word; that they ALL may be ONE, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us…”

PRAYERS FOR ALL…

(and including prayers for the crazy traffic and motorcycles like the ones that just sped by me recently on this trip – ugh… Motorcycles on a highway speeding like 90, weaving through the gaps in cars, oh ugh… YES there are many safe riders too – they are good and sure I enjoyed riding on a friend’s bike once or twice, but it’s got to be dangerous for everyone (bikes and cars) when the few drive taking chances like these did. Speeding cars too, wow they scare me because the ones on the highway I seem to encounter scream by, they make themselves noisier on purpose… Yeah I shutter at the scares, the loud noise makes me scream audibly in the car, it’s awful… Ugh… sorry for complaining… and yet, rebels or not, it’s important to pray for them for all… and there’s no perfection in my driving, we are all risk takers…

Rebels or not of all people, we should pray for them, for us too. This we could keep reminding ourselves, yes. Yes, once I am over the prayers for myself and my sanity – prayers for others… (like when one of the loud sports cars or bikes screams by – I then should pray for them – because how many times we hear of the motorcyclist being killed – with or without a helmet- yeah so pray them and pray me peace… And motorcycles are not our enemy but that fear that drive up in us is tough to stomach…  And so prayers…)

And prayers for God’s Will – and His Plan…

This is a whole different level of prayer that Jesus presents to us in part 3 of John 17: Jesus prays for all believers to know LOVE and know togetherness – And I know He prayed and we pray for who we consider non-believers too… He died for them too… Actually Jesus DOES know who will come to faith and how to reach them – and He wants us to reach to others too – with His Word.

So let us not just pray for provisions – let us pray that the LOVE of God that could and will fill each person to know His Love – to Love God back – to share His Love – to be His Love – to spread love into the world… to make Jesus known for all He is and did and does. 

Jesus wants us to be His Hands and Feet, the Branch to His Vine, moving in through the world with our Armor of God on… Specifically pray “that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

We can pray for others – we can pray for their safety and sanity and salvation. We can pray for our enemies as we are supposed to pray for our enemies – yeah… and again we can pray for Jesus to be known….  Especially we need to pray LOVE ALL AROUND…

Amen

(and travelling mercies prayers appreciated for me are appreciated – let me share the love a longer time on this earth… thanks and thanks Lord for the Love…)

—John 17 NKJV

Jesus Prays for All Believers

“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”