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Listening to Jesus Praying

Posted on by Carl Robbins

thumb_WRPC Prayer Circles 2015-07-22 023_1024During the 3.5 year public ministry of Jesus, His disciples heard His teaching on prayer, especially when He taught THEM how to pray (in Matthew 6 and Luke 11). They also heard Him praying brief prayers (such as the one recorded in Matthew 11:25-26). But, it is not until the night before He goes to the Cross that we hear the full, rich prayer that we call “The High Priestly Prayer of Jesus”, found in John 17. It is, without debate, the greatest prayer ever prayed. Why do I say that ?
  • The person praying is the greatest person – It is Jesus the God-Man !
  • The occasion for the prayer – Jesus says (in John 17:1) that “The hour has come”. He is speaking, of course, of His appointment with the Cross, when He will make atonement for the sins of His people.
  • The content of the prayer – It reaches clear back into eternity past, it deals with glory, it discusses love (the Father’s love for believers and the Father’s love for Jesus). The prayer has amazing petitions: “Glorify Me”, “Keep them”, “Sanctify Them”, “That they all might be one,” and more.

Beginning this Wednesday Night (January 6) we will begin to slowly study this prayer during our regular Congregational Prayer Meeting, and then we’ll seek to implement what we hear during our prayer time. Join us!

Carl Robbins
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Carl Robbins
Carl is a native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a graduate of Crichton College and Covenant Theological Seminary. Pastor Robbins has served churches in South Carolina, Oklahoma and Nevada. In addition Carl has served on the board of crisis pregnancy centers, Christian schools and seminaries. He has spoken to college groups, medical school forums, state legislative groups, seminary chapels and church conferences. His special passion is training pastors in developing countries. Carl and wife Sandy have been married for 37 years(!) and are the parents of three believing, adult children: John and his wife DeAnna and their children (Bray, Emmie Ruth, and Maggie Grace), James and his wife Megen and their children (Jack and Lainey Janice), and Sarah and her husband Andrew Holmes. Carl and Sandy love OU football, big dogs, good Mexican food, and the beach—any beach, any time.