The Daily Fountain Devotional Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 18 February 2025 – TOPIC: JESUS PRAYS FOR ALL BELIEVERS
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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN
DAILY DEVOTIONAL OF THE
CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)
DATE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2025
TOPIC: JESUS PRAYS FOR ALL BELIEVERS
17:20. ” I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;
17:21. “that they all may be one, as You, Father, [are] in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
17:22. “And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
17:23. “I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
17:24. “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
17:25. “O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me.
17:26. “And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare [it,] that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
THE MESSAGE:
Jesus prayed for His disciples, but He also had the heart and the vision to pray for those who would come to faith by the testimony of the disciples (verse 20). He therefore prayed for us. He knew His intercession for the disciples as well as for us, would prevail. Jesus went to the cross knowing His work would endure. He left His earthly work full of confidence in the work of God through the disciples. The entire tone of His departure prayers was built on the conviction that after the resurrection, the disciples would renew their faith and carry on a new ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit. The Lord expects us to walk in the same grace and power of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus prayed that the disciples would rise above their different backgrounds and understand their unity – that they may all be one (verss 21). There would be countless others who would also become disciples, through the rest of history, from different nations, races, cultures, languages, classes, statuses, ages and social levels (Revelation 7:9). Jesus had prayed, “Father, make them one.” We are to be faithful to the truth; and we are not to be of a contentious spirit. Separating ourselves from those who are living members of the one and indivisible body of Christ. Let us cultivate at once the love of the truth and the love of the brethren. Our unity will make the world believe in Jesus. Unity founded in love is life.
PRAYER: Dear Jesus, please make us one, even as You and the Father are one. Amen
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