1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 2: You're listening to everyday prayers with Million Praying Moms, helping 3 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 2: you pray God's word for your family in the areas 4 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: you need it most. I'm your host, Nicolett Bell. Here 5 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 2: we believe that prayer isn't a last resort. It's our 6 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 2: first and best response in parenting, and every day we 7 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 2: come together to partner with God for the hearts of 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: our children. Over the next several days, we are unpacking 9 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 2: the final prayers of Jesus as we journey towards Easter. 10 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 2: As we break them down, I believe these prayers show 11 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 2: us the heart of God and can teach us so 12 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 2: much about connecting with the Father in prayer. Today we 13 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 2: are looking at how Jesus brings his personal request to 14 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 2: God and how we should do the same. No request 15 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: is too big and no request is too small. To 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 2: learn more about the Million Praying Mom's ministry, visit Millionprayingmoms 17 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 2: dot com. You can find the link in our show notes. 18 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: After a brief word from our sponsors, we'll pray together 19 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 2: for our children. John seventeen one. When Jesus had spoken 20 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: these words, he lifted up his eyes to Heaven and said, Father, 21 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 2: the hour has come glorify your son, so that the 22 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 2: son may glorify you. Today we're diving into the high 23 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 2: priestly prayer of Jesus. I gave a brief introduction into 24 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 2: this yesterday, but in short, what you need to know 25 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: is that this is one of the last prayers that 26 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 2: Jesus prays to the Father before going to the cross. 27 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 2: It's directly preceding the prayer in the Garden of Guessemone. 28 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: And I believe it's such a gift and a gem 29 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 2: that we find in the scriptures, because so often in 30 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 2: scriptures were told Jesus went away to pray. Jesus went 31 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: on the mountain to pray. Jesus rose before dawn to 32 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 2: spend time with the Father, but we don't actually get 33 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: to hear what Jesus said to the Father. And here 34 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: in John seventeen we do. 35 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: Get to hear. 36 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 2: We get to know what Jesus's prayer was, and we 37 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 2: get to learn from his communing with the Father. So 38 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: in this passage, Jesus is preparing to face the hardest 39 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 2: thing he will ever face, death on the cross and 40 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 2: all of God's wrath being poured out on him. He 41 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 2: knows what is coming, and he knows it's going to 42 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 2: be extremely difficult. He knows it's going to bring great 43 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 2: suffering to him, and so he brings his request before 44 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: the Father. He bears his heart before the Father. And 45 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 2: I find this fascinating because Jesus begins his prayer by 46 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: conversing with the Father about the imminent events that are 47 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 2: right ahead of him. He knows what's coming, and he 48 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 2: took it to God in prayer, and he gives us 49 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 2: a model of what it looks like to bring our 50 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 2: trouble and concerns before God. Nothing is too big or 51 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: too small to bring before the Father. Now, certainly Jesus 52 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 2: had the knowledge that God knew exactly what was about 53 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 2: to happen. He knew that God had sent him for 54 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: this very reason, for this very purpose, And so why 55 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: was it important for Jesus to tell the Father about 56 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 2: what he was feeling about what he was about to experience. 57 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 2: To me, that shows us such a great glimpse into 58 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 2: their relationship. Jesus practicing this prayer of bringing his request 59 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 2: to God even though God already knew what was going 60 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 2: to happen. The benefit is for Jesus much the same 61 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 2: way when we bring our requests before God. The benefit is, yes, prayer. 62 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 2: We believe prayer can move the heart of God. But 63 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 2: we also believe that prayer changes us right when we 64 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 2: come before the Father in prayer, even if we tell 65 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 2: him something that he already knows, or we pray about 66 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 2: something that we know that he knows the outcome to already, 67 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 2: the act of bringing it, the act of coming before 68 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 2: the Father ushers in a peace to us that we 69 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 2: cannot begin to comprehend. Meeting with the Father in prayer 70 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 2: is such a great joy. Spending time with him is 71 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 2: my soul's delight. Some of the most joyous moments I 72 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 2: remember are found in moments of prayer. This could be 73 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 2: when staring at the ocean, being reminded of the vastness 74 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 2: of God, while the breeze hits my face and runs 75 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 2: through my hair, reminding me of his nearness. Or maybe 76 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 2: on a walk in the woods or a park, looking 77 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 2: at the height of the trees and hearing the sweet 78 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 2: song of birds. Maybe it's a whispered prayer of thanks 79 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,799 Speaker 2: for my daughter's little giggle and the light in her eyes. 80 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 2: I often experienced joy sitting on the little corner of 81 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 2: my white fluffy couch in our living room with coffee 82 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 2: in hand and a Bible and prayer journal spread across 83 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 2: my lap before the sun comes up. Other days it 84 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 2: is a whispered prayer in the carpool line. But in 85 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 2: closeness with God and communion with God, I believe that 86 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 2: we can experience true joy even in the midst of hardship. 87 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 2: And I think that that is what Jesus wanted us 88 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 2: to see in this prayer that he shares with the Father. 89 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 2: He begins in John seventeen one, that we read Father 90 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 2: that hour has come. He knows what's coming, he knows 91 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 2: what he was sent to do, but he continues to 92 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 2: bear his heart before God and to bring his request 93 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 2: to God. It makes me think of Psalm thirty eight nine, 94 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 2: where David writes, all of my longings lie open before you. 95 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 2: I have this visual image of David and Jesus here 96 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 2: in this prayer coming before God and bearing it all out, 97 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 2: just laying it all before the Father. At Million Prank Moms, 98 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 2: we believe that nothing is too big and nothing is 99 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,799 Speaker 2: too small to bring before God in prayer. So, whether 100 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: you are facing a very challenging situation, a difficult situation, 101 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 2: perhaps the most difficult situation that you will face in 102 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 2: your life, as like Jesus was when he was meeting 103 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 2: with the Father here in John seventeen, or maybe your 104 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 2: prayer request is a little bit smaller. I'll give you 105 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 2: an example of this. The other day, I had the flume. 106 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 2: Many of you know, I have a newborn right now. 107 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 2: At the time, I think he was eight or nine 108 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 2: weeks old, and I had the flu, a really bad 109 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 2: case of it, running like one hundred and three fever, 110 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 2: so sick, trying to care for my newborn all the things, 111 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 2: and so I had asked my husband could he and 112 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 2: go and pick up my daughter from school. So he 113 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 2: goes and picks up our daughter from school, and I'm thinking, 114 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 2: I'm laying on the couch kind of in and out 115 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 2: of it, holding the baby. I'm sick, not really sure 116 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 2: what's going on. But I get a call from him, 117 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 2: and I'm thinking it should be about time for them 118 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 2: to be back home already. And I get a call 119 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 2: from him and he says, Babe, I have run out 120 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 2: of gas. 121 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: And I said, what what, You've run out of gas? 122 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: Where are you? 123 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 2: So he's on a very busy intersection in our town 124 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 2: right about five o'clock and he has run out of gas, 125 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 2: and I'm going, oh, my goodness. He said, Okay, I 126 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 2: think I'm close enough to this gas station that I 127 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 2: may and just walk there. And so he takes our 128 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: daughter out of his truck and starts walking to the 129 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 2: gas station up to go to the restroom, and I'm 130 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 2: washing my hands. I vividly remember washing my hands, and 131 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 2: I look in the mirror and I'm like, Lord, I 132 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,239 Speaker 2: know that this is not important in the grand scheme 133 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 2: of things. This is not a huge issue in the 134 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 2: cosmos right now, But father, could you maybe just send 135 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 2: somebody to help him? Could you send somebody to help 136 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: him while he's out of gas. Now, I know it 137 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 2: was his fault that he ran out of gas. He 138 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 2: probably passed five gas stations to get to the school. 139 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: But Lord, if it's. 140 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 2: Not too hard, would you just send somebody to help them? Today, 141 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 2: I dry my hands, and I'm walking out of my 142 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 2: bathroom and I walk out into our kitchen and my 143 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 2: cell phone is sitting on the counter and it begins 144 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 2: to ring its face down. So I turn it over 145 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 2: and I look at it and I see it's my 146 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 2: friend Ariana calling, and I answer the phone and say hello, 147 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 2: and she says, hey, Nikolett, this is kind of a 148 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 2: strange phone call. But does Preston happen to be on 149 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 2: the side of the road at north Side Drive. I said, yes, 150 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 2: in fact, he does happen to be on the side 151 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 2: of the north Side Drive. Said he's run out of gas. 152 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 2: She said, does he need help? Yes, in fact, he 153 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 2: does need help. Please go help him. She said, My 154 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 2: husband Jake just rode by him and he thought it 155 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:28,839 Speaker 2: was him, but he wasn't sure. So I was calling 156 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 2: you to be sure. Listen, we've got a gas can. 157 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 2: We live right around the corner. Well, I'll send Jake 158 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 2: back over there with the gas canon. We'll make sure 159 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 2: President and Josie gets fixed up. I'm like, thank you 160 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 2: so much. I have the flu I appreciate it all 161 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 2: of this, And so I called Preston to tell him 162 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 2: arian and Jake saw you. They're going to help bring 163 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 2: you some gas. About that time, he's getting up to 164 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,319 Speaker 2: the gas station and service station, and a sweet man 165 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 2: named Mike befriends him and helps him and takes pity 166 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 2: on him and decides he's going to help him get 167 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 2: the gas. And so before Arianna and Jake can even 168 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 2: get back over to help him. This man named Mike 169 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 2: is helping him get gas in his truck. And I 170 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 2: just stopped in the middle of my kitchen and I 171 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 2: just lifted my eyes to Heaven and I just said, 172 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 2: thank you Lord, thank you Lord, because that was so 173 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 2: silly of me. I felt so silly even praying about 174 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 2: that situation. But in a matter of minutes, like just 175 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 2: a few minutes, God answered my prayer. And while it 176 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 2: wasn't in this huge, miraculous way, it was in this 177 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 2: very intimate way, in this moment, just to let me 178 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 2: know that I was seen by God and I was 179 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 2: loved by God in that moment. I've heard a story 180 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 2: by author Pete Gregg and his book How to Pray 181 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 2: a Simple God for Normal People, that he tells about mosquitoes, 182 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 2: and you've got to get that book and read the 183 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 2: story because it's precious and I'll butcher it if I 184 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 2: share it on here. But it was the same premise 185 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 2: that God answered this prayer. He prayed about mosquitos. And 186 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 2: it's this booing up of our spirits that when we 187 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 2: pray about the small things and we trust God in 188 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 2: the small things, we have an easier time of trusting 189 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 2: him and going to him in prayer when the big 190 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 2: things come. And that's what I think about in this 191 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 2: passage with Jesus. He's bringing these everyday things to God, 192 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 2: but he's also bringing these once in a lifetime very big, 193 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 2: very hard things to God. But what led up to 194 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 2: him bringing these things to God and prayer was over 195 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 2: and over again those times that we see and read 196 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 2: in the Gospel where Jesus met with the Father again 197 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 2: and again and again and meeting with him on those 198 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 2: very normal days, or what set him up to meet 199 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 2: with God on this big, big day, the big moment 200 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 2: in his life. And so we truly believe nothing's too big, 201 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 2: nothing's too small to bring before God in prayer. And 202 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 2: his mom's for us today, that's good news. Let's pray together. Father, 203 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 2: help me to come to you first with my request. 204 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 2: Remind me that you are the source of the strength 205 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 2: that I need. No request is too big for you, 206 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 2: and no request is too small for you. You care 207 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 2: intimately about me in anything that I am facing. Thank you, 208 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 2: Jesus that you hear and respond to our prayers. In 209 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 2: Jesus name, we pray. Amen. Are you a visual learner. 210 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: Would you like to receive our daily devotions and written 211 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 2: form write to your inbox. Then join our Patreon community 212 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 2: of Praying Moms. 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