APRIL 26 - FRUIT & GOD’S GLORY
READ John 17
Jesus prays that the Father will make His disciples fruitful and give them future glory.
INSIGHT
The mark of a Christian should be love. In Matthew 22, we read that the two greatest commandments are love for God and love for our neighbor. In John 13:35, Jesus says, “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” In John 17:21, Jesus says if Christians have unity (based on love), the world will believe that Christ was sent from God. When our badge is love, the world is convinced that we are genuine disciples of Jesus, rather than hypocrites.
PRAYER
In the words of this psalm, offer your praise to the Lord, who is patient with us when we doubt:
It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praise to your name, Most High,
to declare your faithful love in the morning
and your faithfulness at night,
for you have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what you have done;
I will shout for joy to declare,
“the Lord is just; he is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in him.”
(Psalm 92:1-2, 4, 15).
Pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.
For he knows what we are made of,
remembering that we are dust
(Psalm 103:8, 13-14).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Now pause to pray this affirmation to the Lord:
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh (John 6:51).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, pray for:
Finally, offer this prayer to the Lord:
Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 7:12).
Jesus prays that the Father will make His disciples fruitful and give them future glory.
INSIGHT
The mark of a Christian should be love. In Matthew 22, we read that the two greatest commandments are love for God and love for our neighbor. In John 13:35, Jesus says, “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” In John 17:21, Jesus says if Christians have unity (based on love), the world will believe that Christ was sent from God. When our badge is love, the world is convinced that we are genuine disciples of Jesus, rather than hypocrites.
PRAYER
In the words of this psalm, offer your praise to the Lord, who is patient with us when we doubt:
It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praise to your name, Most High,
to declare your faithful love in the morning
and your faithfulness at night,
for you have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what you have done;
I will shout for joy to declare,
“the Lord is just; he is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in him.”
(Psalm 92:1-2, 4, 15).
Pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.
For he knows what we are made of,
remembering that we are dust
(Psalm 103:8, 13-14).
Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Now pause to pray this affirmation to the Lord:
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh (John 6:51).
As you make your requests known to the Lord, pray for:
- Others to see Christ in you
- Laborers for the harvesting of souls
- Your activities for the day
- Whatever else is on your heart
Finally, offer this prayer to the Lord:
Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen. (Revelation 7:12).
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