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A Prayer Prompted by John 12:27-28

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27 “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

Lord Jesus,

We can easily imagine why your soul would have been troubled just prior to going to the cross. The pain, the suffering, the taking of punishment for sin that you never deserved, would have been more than any of us could have handled.

And yet willingly you bore the physical agony, the psychological torment, the guilt that was truly ours. We thank you that you saw this was the very purpose of your coming. We thank you that you saw glory rather than shame in following through with this plan.

And we bow in reverent worship to the Father who glorified his name once and again.

May we never lose sight of the cross and all that it means for our salvation.

To God be the glory great things he has done.

Amen.

John 11 – Verse by Verse

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The raising of Lazarus is the seventh and final sign in the first section of the Gospel of John. With it Jesus proclaims himself to be the resurrection and the life.

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A Prayer Prompted by John 10

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Dear heavenly Father,

We receive your Son Jesus as our Shepherd.  We put our faith and total trust in him. 

We believe that you sent him to lay down his life for us.  We receive that eternal life offered by your grace. Let us never waver from that commitment.  Let no one ever remove us from your hand.

In Christ, Amen.

A Prayer Prompted by John 5

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Heavenly Father,

Like like the man sitting near the pool of Bethesda, we need healing.  He was an invalid for thirty-eight years.  There are areas of our lives that have been injured, disfigured and hurting for a very long time as well.

Yet we know that at the word of Jesus healing can take place.  The most chronic condition is no special obstacle to you.  Please heal us,Lord.

If there is something we need to do to walk in our new condition, help us to know what that is.  This man had to get up, take up his bed and walk.  What do we have to do to prove to ourselves or to others that we are in fact healed?

We also see that immediately after his healing, the man in the story did not know it was Jesus who had healed him.  Help us to give credit where credit is due.  We are not healed by our own determination or initiative.  We are not even directly healed by the help of others, though you may use others in the process.  We are healed by you.

Help us, dear Father, to walk in the newness of life that is ours.

In Christ,

Amen