10-30: John Series :: Praying to a Holy Father

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Thank you for joining us in worship today! Pastor Bob takes a look at Jesus' prayer in John 17 and what it looks like praying to our Holy Father.

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: The Bible Project :: https://www.bibleproject.com

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John 17:11-23

[11] I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. [12] While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

[13] “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. [14] I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. [15] My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. [16] They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. [17] Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. [18] As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. [19] For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

[20] “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, [21] that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. [22] I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— [23] I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

Notes Outline

1. We are praying to a God who is holy.

   1. John 17:11

2. We are praying to our Father

   1. Protection - John 17:12, 15

   2. Unified and Loving - John 17:21

   3. A Flourishing Joyful Life - John 17:13

   4. Character and Spiritual Growth - John 17:16, 17

   5. Purpose and Mission in Life - John 17:18

   6. Closeness with Jesus and the Father - John 17:22, 26

3. How can we pray life Jesus?

   1. John 17:21, 23

   2. “The core of our identity is we are the children of a holy, loving heavenly Father.”