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Prayer Equals Change - Week 1

SPEAKER: Pastor Charlie Riley
March 18, 2023

Prayer Equals Change
March 18, 2023

Though there are approximately 650 prayers recorded in the Bible…Not one of them can match our Lord’s “High Priestly Prayer” in John 17, Nor can any prayer recorded outside the Bible.

“Some brethren pray by the yard; but true prayer is measured by weight, and not by length.” – Charles Spurgeon

Jesus Prayed For Three Groups
Himself
The Disciples
The Future Believers

John 17:1-5
Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.  I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

10 Things Jesus Claimed For You

Number 1
Jesus Gave Them Eternal Life

John 17:2-3
as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal (Zoe) life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal (Zoe) life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Number 2
God The Father Gave Them To Jesus 7 Times (Verses 2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 24)

John 17:2
as You have given Him (Jesus 3rd Person) authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.

Number 3
Jesus Manifested God’s Name To Them

John 17: 6 (Also Verses 22, 23)
“I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

Number 4
They Know God and Believe Jesus Came from God

John 17:7-8 (Also Verse 25)
Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.

Number 5
They Have Received and Kept God’s Word

John 17:8 (Also Verses 6)
For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.

Number 6
Jesus Stating, They Are Mine

John 17:9 (Also Verse 6)
“I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.

Number 7
I (Jesus) Am Glorified In Them

John 17:10
And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.

Number 8
The World Hates Them

John 17:14
I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Number 9
They (Believers) Are Not of the World

John 17:14-16
I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Lord I Recognize, I Am In The World But Not Of This World
Help Me Live For Heaven and Not The Earth

Number 10
I Have Kept Them All Except Judas

John 17:12
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

John 10:27
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.”

THIS PRAYER CONTAINS GREAT PETITIONS…
1. “Glorify Me” – John 17:1-5
2. “Keep them” – John 17:6-12
3. “Sanctify them” – John 17:13-19
4. “Unify them” – John 17:20-23
5. “That they may behold My glory” – John 17:24-26