The Prayer of Love (6 of 6)
Sermon Series: The Final Week – Part 1
Jeff Strite
John 17:1-26
Children have very simple views of life... and of love. The following are children's views on the topic of love.
A 7 year old said - ''If falling love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long.''
A 5 year old boy - ''Once I'm in kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife.''
David, age 8 stated - ''Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I've been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls keep finding me.''
An 8 year old observed - ''I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful.''
Another: ''Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.''
And my favorite: ''When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.''
Today is February 14th, and we're going to talk about LOVE. In this case, we're going to talking about the love that Christ has for us.
In John 17 is the longest recorded prayer of Jesus in any of the Gospels. And a lot scholars call this prayer: Jesus' High Priestly Prayer, because in this prayer Jesus is interceding for His church just like a High Priest in the Old Testament would have interceded for God's people. Now, that's nice - but it sounds a little sterile for my taste. You see, I don't sense that Jesus is praying like He's some kind of religious official I sense that He's praying just like a Husband would pray for the woman he loves. I sense a passion and a depth of emotion.
In Ephesians 5:25, Paul tells husbands to ''love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.'' Did you catch that? Christ loves the church! That's His Bride. He gave Himself up for her!! It's a passionate love... a sacrificial love. And so I don't picture Jesus droning on a dutif ...
Sermon Series: The Final Week – Part 1
Jeff Strite
John 17:1-26
Children have very simple views of life... and of love. The following are children's views on the topic of love.
A 7 year old said - ''If falling love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long.''
A 5 year old boy - ''Once I'm in kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife.''
David, age 8 stated - ''Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I've been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls keep finding me.''
An 8 year old observed - ''I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful.''
Another: ''Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.''
And my favorite: ''When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.''
Today is February 14th, and we're going to talk about LOVE. In this case, we're going to talking about the love that Christ has for us.
In John 17 is the longest recorded prayer of Jesus in any of the Gospels. And a lot scholars call this prayer: Jesus' High Priestly Prayer, because in this prayer Jesus is interceding for His church just like a High Priest in the Old Testament would have interceded for God's people. Now, that's nice - but it sounds a little sterile for my taste. You see, I don't sense that Jesus is praying like He's some kind of religious official I sense that He's praying just like a Husband would pray for the woman he loves. I sense a passion and a depth of emotion.
In Ephesians 5:25, Paul tells husbands to ''love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.'' Did you catch that? Christ loves the church! That's His Bride. He gave Himself up for her!! It's a passionate love... a sacrificial love. And so I don't picture Jesus droning on a dutif ...
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