23 - Connecting w/ God
Dr Jim Brown's TruNorth Devotional
CONNECTING with GOD
Day 23 | THE REAL LORD’S PRAYER
CONNECTING with GOD
Day 23 | THE REAL LORD’S PRAYER
THE REAL LORD’S PRAYER
John 17:20-23
“I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me. “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.”
YOU ARE CONNECTED!
As a Follower of Jesus, you are connected to God … and to all the Believers who walk the planet today or have gone before.
This amazing prayer in John 17 is TRULY “the Lord’s Prayer” – what Jesus really prayed to His Father. And the amazing good news is that WE are included in that prayer – “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message.”
Isn’t that amazing? When Jesus was talking to His Father in this prayer recorded by John, you and I were on His mind. He knew we would be coming and would eventually accept Him as our Savior and Lord. It was our choice, but being God… He knew.
Jesus continued: “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you.”
Do you feel ONE with another?
Early in John 13 – at the “last supper” – Jesus gave His disciples a new command… “That you love one another as I have loved you.”
There are some 59 “one-anothers” in the New Testament (email me for a free list). And the reason this is important is that – in addition to being connected with God – we are also, in Christ, connected with one another. I see nothing in Scripture that says we should be “Christian hermits,” staying by ourselves and away from “one another.”
Jesus continues to pray: “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.”
Wow! Jesus is saying that He is in us and that the Father is in Him… so that WE might experience “perfect unity” and thus tell the world that God has sent Jesus and loves us that much.
Prayer: Lord, THANK YOU for knowing that I’d be a Follower one day and including me in that prayer to YOUR Father. Help me to never forget that I am ONE with YOU and ONE with my Christian brothers and sisters too. Help me to be mindful of the “one-anothers” in Your Word and be a DOER and not a hearer only. Amen.
John 17:20-23
“I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me. “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.”
YOU ARE CONNECTED!
As a Follower of Jesus, you are connected to God … and to all the Believers who walk the planet today or have gone before.
This amazing prayer in John 17 is TRULY “the Lord’s Prayer” – what Jesus really prayed to His Father. And the amazing good news is that WE are included in that prayer – “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message.”
Isn’t that amazing? When Jesus was talking to His Father in this prayer recorded by John, you and I were on His mind. He knew we would be coming and would eventually accept Him as our Savior and Lord. It was our choice, but being God… He knew.
Jesus continued: “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you.”
Do you feel ONE with another?
Early in John 13 – at the “last supper” – Jesus gave His disciples a new command… “That you love one another as I have loved you.”
There are some 59 “one-anothers” in the New Testament (email me for a free list). And the reason this is important is that – in addition to being connected with God – we are also, in Christ, connected with one another. I see nothing in Scripture that says we should be “Christian hermits,” staying by ourselves and away from “one another.”
Jesus continues to pray: “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.”
Wow! Jesus is saying that He is in us and that the Father is in Him… so that WE might experience “perfect unity” and thus tell the world that God has sent Jesus and loves us that much.
Prayer: Lord, THANK YOU for knowing that I’d be a Follower one day and including me in that prayer to YOUR Father. Help me to never forget that I am ONE with YOU and ONE with my Christian brothers and sisters too. Help me to be mindful of the “one-anothers” in Your Word and be a DOER and not a hearer only. Amen.
Posted in Connecting w/ God
Recent
Categories
Archive
2025
January
40 DAYS OF NEW - 0340 DAYS OF NEW - 0440 DAYS OF NEW - 0540 DAYS OF NEW - 0640 DAYS OF NEW - 0740 DAYS OF NEW - 0840 DAYS OF NEW - 0940 DAYS OF NEW - 1040 DAYS OF NEW - 1140 DAYS OF NEW - 1240 DAYS OF NEW - 1340 DAYS OF NEW - 1440 DAYS OF NEW - 1540 DAYS OF NEW - 1640 DAYS OF NEW - 1740 DAYS OF NEW - 1840 DAYS OF NEW - 1940 DAYS OF NEW - 2040 DAYS OF NEW - 2140 DAYS OF NEW - 2240 DAYS OF NEW - 2340 DAYS OF NEW - 2440 DAYS OF NEW - 25
February
40 DAYS OF NEW - 2640 DAYS OF NEW - 2740 DAYS OF NEW - 2840 DAYS OF NEW - 2940 DAYS OF NEW - 3040 DAYS OF NEW - 3140 DAYS OF NEW - 3240 DAYS OF NEW - 3340 DAYS OF NEW - 3440 DAYS OF NEW - 3540 DAYS OF NEW - 3640 DAYS OF NEW - 3740 DAYS OF NEW - 3840 DAYS OF NEW - 3940 DAYS OF NEW - 4040 DAYS OF PROMISE - 0140 DAYS OF PROMISE - 0240 DAYS OF PROMISE - 0340 DAYS OF PROMISE - 0440 DAYS OF PROMISE - 05
March
40 DAYS OF PROMISE - 0640 DAYS OF PROMISE - 0740 DAYS OF PROMISE - 0840 DAYS OF PROMISE - 0940 DAYS OF PROMISE - 1040 DAYS OF PROMISE - 1140 DAYS OF PROMISE - 1240 DAYS OF PROMISE - 1340 DAYS OF PROMISE - 1440 DAYS OF PROMISE - 1540 DAYS OF PROMISE - 1640 DAYS OF PROMISE - 1740 DAYS OF PROMISE - 1840 DAYS OF PROMISE - 1940 DAYS OF PROMISE - 2040 DAYS OF PROMISE - 2140 DAYS OF PROMISE - 2240 DAYS OF PROMISE - 2340 DAYS OF PROMISE - 2440 DAYS OF PROMISE - 2540 DAYS OF PROMISE - 26
April
40 DAYS OF PROMISE - 2740 DAYS OF PROMISE - 2840 DAYS OF PROMISE - 2940 DAYS OF PROMISE - 3040 DAYS OF PROMISE - 3140 DAYS OF PROMISE - 3240 DAYS OF PROMISE - 3340 DAYS OF PROMISE - 3440 DAYS OF PROMISE - 3540 DAYS OF PROMISE - 3640 DAYS OF PROMISE - 3740 DAYS OF PROMISE - 3840 DAYS OF PROMISE - 3940 DAYS OF PROMISE - 4040 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 0140 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 0240 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 0340 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 0440 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 0540 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 0640 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 0740 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 08
May
40 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 0940 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 1040 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 1140 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 1240 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 1340 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 1440 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 1540 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 1640 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 1740 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 1840 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 1940 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 2040 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 2140 MORE DAYS OF JOY - 22