1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 2: You're listening to everyday prayers with Million Praying Moms, helping 3 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 2: you pray God's word for your family in the areas 4 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 2: you need at most. I'm your host, Nicolette Bell. Here, 5 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 2: we believe prayer isn't a last resort. It's our first 6 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: and best response in parenting, and every day we come 7 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 2: together to partner with God for the hearts of our children. 8 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 2: Over the next several days, we are unpacking the final 9 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: prayers of Jesus as we journey towards Easter. As we 10 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,919 Speaker 2: break these prayers down, I believe that they show us 11 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: the heart of God and can teach us so much 12 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 2: about connecting with the Father in prayer. To learn more 13 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: about Million Praying Mom's ministry, visit Millionprayingmoms dot com. You 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 2: can find a link in our show notes. After a 15 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 2: brief word from our sponsors, we'll pray together for our children. 16 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 2: John seventeen, twenty five and twenty six, Righteous Father. Though 17 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: the world does not know you, I know you, and 18 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 2: they know that you have sent me. I have made 19 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 2: you known to them and will continue to make you 20 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 2: known in order that the love you have for me 21 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 2: may be in them, and that I myself may be 22 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: in them. As we are headed into the Easter season. 23 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 2: I have been studying these final prayers of Jesus and 24 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 2: I wanted to share some of what I've been learning 25 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 2: with all of you and how it relates to our 26 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 2: prayer lives and praying for our children. So in John, 27 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 2: the section that we just read John seventeen is a 28 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 2: part of a greater prayer called the High Priestly Prayer 29 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: of Jesus. And the high priestly prayer is found in 30 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: a portion of scripture called is what scholars call the 31 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 2: Farewell Discourse. And so this portion of scripture is some 32 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 2: of my favorite in all of the gospels. And why 33 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 2: that is is I think it is so rich and 34 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 2: has so much to offer us an instruction and encouragement. 35 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 2: It tells us what Jesus thought was important for his 36 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 2: followers to hear right before he went to the cross. 37 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 2: So in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, each 38 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 2: of those gospel accounts, the disciples and Jesus are gathered 39 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:35,240 Speaker 2: together at the Last Supper, at the table together at 40 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 2: the last Supper, they get up from the table, and 41 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 2: then the story kind of ends, and the next thing 42 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: we read about in those gospels is the garden of Gaseimone. 43 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 2: But in John's account of the gospel, there is an 44 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 2: entire section of scripture found between these two events, and 45 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:59,119 Speaker 2: it's this rich conversation that happens between Jesus and his disciples. 46 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 2: I kind of like to think about it like you 47 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 2: would think about a halftime speech at a big game. 48 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: Right. 49 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 2: So the coach has gathered all of the players into 50 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 2: the locker room. It's down to the final championship game, 51 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 2: and they've got to go out there and do their 52 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 2: best to win, and he's telling them all of the 53 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 2: important things he wants them to remember right before those 54 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 2: final moments, the big event, the second half of the 55 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 2: championship game. And that's all I pictures Jesus' conversation with 56 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 2: his friends. He's gathered all of his friends together and 57 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 2: he's sharing with them these really important things that he 58 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 2: wants them to remember and to know right before the 59 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 2: big event, his death on the cross and his resurrection 60 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: from the grave. So this passage is pat full of 61 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 2: some of the most heartwarming and a convicting, encouraging passages 62 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: of scripture. Right at the end of this section, Jesus 63 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 2: shares a prayer with the Father and we get to 64 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: hear about it. And this is super super unique because 65 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 2: often in the Gospels, when Jesus prays, the scripture simply 66 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: tells Us and Jesus went away to pray. Jesus went 67 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 2: up on the hill to pray. Jesus went up before 68 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 2: dawn to pray. Jesus got in the boat, crossed to 69 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 2: the other side to spend time with the Father. But 70 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 2: in all of these accounts we don't know what Jesus 71 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 2: said to God or what their interactions were. So many 72 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:36,119 Speaker 2: of these interactions were intimate between the Father and the son. 73 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 2: And I cherish this prayer of Jesus, this high priestly 74 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 2: prayer found in John seventeen, because we get to read 75 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 2: what Jesus prayed to the Father. We get to see 76 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 2: a glimpse of the intimate relationship that they shared. We 77 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 2: get to see Jesus's heart and the things that matter 78 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 2: the most to him, and we often skip over this 79 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 2: portion of scripture in our rush to get to e Easter. 80 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 2: So this year I wanted to slow down and really 81 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 2: soak in this prayer of Jesus and also the prayer 82 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 2: that Jesus offers in the Garden of gessimone. They're kind 83 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 2: of right here next to each other in this story 84 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 2: of the Gospel, and we get to hear what Jesus says. 85 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: To God in both of these passages. 86 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 2: So this year, I want us to really slow down 87 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 2: and really soak in these prayers of Jesus. They give 88 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 2: us a great example of how we can interact with 89 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 2: the Father in prayer. Because Jesus calls us co heirs, 90 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 2: sons and daughters with him, we are invited to commune 91 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 2: with the Father in the same way. While we aren't 92 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 2: the Trinity, right, We're not part of the Trinity, We 93 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 2: are not Jesus, we are not God, but we are 94 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 2: invited to share in their relationship. As Jesus prayed in 95 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 2: John seventeen twenty three, he says, I and them, Father, 96 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 2: you and me, that they may become perfectly one, so 97 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 2: that the world may know that you have sent me 98 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 2: and that you loved me. And he prays in our 99 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 2: passage we read earlier in verse twenty six, that. 100 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: I may be in them and they may know my love. 101 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 2: Jesus longs for us to experience the relationship that he 102 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 2: has with the Father and It's such a beautiful gift. 103 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 2: So our relationship with Jesus has a direct correlation with 104 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 2: our relationship with our children, doesn't it. When I'm stressed 105 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 2: and running and not spending time with God or seeking 106 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 2: him first in my life, I'm often short tempered and 107 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:39,679 Speaker 2: easily angered. I'm parenting from a place of frustration instead 108 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 2: of a place of peace. These prayers teach us some 109 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 2: about motherhood and our relationship with our kids, and we're 110 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,720 Speaker 2: certainly going to look at that together. But mainly these 111 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 2: prayers deal with our hearts and our relationship with God. 112 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 2: We as moms are always focused on the people around us. 113 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 2: Over the next few days together, I want us to 114 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 2: slow down and allow the Lord to speak to our 115 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 2: hearts in the tired places, in the overwhelmed places, in 116 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 2: the dirty laundry, in the running of spring sports. May 117 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 2: we allow the Lord to refresh us in his presence. 118 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 2: We know that when we connect with Him, it makes 119 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:27,239 Speaker 2: us better mam us. It makes us better wives, better friends, 120 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 2: better co workers, better neighbors. So as we had to 121 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 2: Easter this year, let's look at these prayers of Jesus together. 122 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 2: I'm so excited to unpack what I think The Lord 123 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 2: wants to teach us together as we pray together on 124 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 2: the Everyday Prayers podcast, Let's Pray. Father, Thank you for 125 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 2: giving me a glimpse into the intimate relationship you shared 126 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 2: with your son Jesus. Thank you for sending him to 127 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 2: Earth to walk among us and show us what you 128 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 2: are like. As co errs with Christ, we want to 129 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 2: follow his example in our relationship with you. Help us 130 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 2: to open up to you in prayer day after day. 131 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 2: We thank you for the gift of your scripture that 132 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 2: we can know and understand your word through the power 133 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 2: of your Holy Spirit. It's in your Son's Jesus's name. 134 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: That we pray. 135 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 2: Amen. Are you a visual learner? 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