October 3, 2020

I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. They do not belong to this world any more than I do. Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which truth. John 17:15-17 (NLT)

Don’t you just love the red letters of the Bible? These are my favorite letters because they are the love of Christ teaching us how to be His disciple. They are the words that are soaked in hope and love. It is His conversation with us!! How exciting is that?
Here we read a prayer that our Savior is saying on our behalf. Remember how I wrote about having an Intercessor? Well, this is the prime example of Jesus interceding for us as we carry on in this chaotic mess of a world. Before we were even a thought to our parents, Jesus was praying for our safety and holiness. He was on His knees (figuratively speaking) asking the Father to teach us truth.

As a parent I have prayed a similar prayer over my boys many times. Asking God to keep them safe and to open their hearts to His truth. Even when they have made decisions that I knew were going to lead to some tough consequences, I declared the blood of Christ and the truth of the Bible over their lives. I believe most of us as moms pray a similar prayer because we love our children and we want what is best for them. We want them to be in the shelter of God.

How sweet is it that we can know Jesus loves us enough to prayer this prayer over us? He has a love so deep that He prays protection over us when He knows we will make some decisions that will have some tough consequences. He knows our flesh gets in our way, so He pleads for the Father to teach us HIS truth!!! Hallelujah!

LadyBug take comfort in knowing that the lover of your soul is also the lover of your life so much so that He prayed for you even before you were born!!!

Let us always know that Jesus always has our best interests at heart. He is our ultimate prayer warrior!

Much love,
~Cyndi Kay