Don’t Forget to Make Your Prayer Requests Specific

John 17:6-10, NKJV

Christ is always the ultimate example in all things for children of God. In verses 1-5 He prayed for Himself, asking His Father to glorify Him as He was in the beginning. He didn’t find it robbery to humble Himself and descend from His seat in heaven where He sat on His Father’s right hand to come to earth and die for our sins. Soon He would go to the cross, and His earthly mission would be complete. He was ready to return home to His Father and be glorified with Him in authority and majesty which He had with the Father   before the world existed (v.5). Jesus was not selfish in His prayer, and we should not be either. He prayed a specific prayer for His disciples.

He told the Father that He had manifested, or revealed, the Father’s name to those whom the Father gave Him out of the world. They belonged to the Father just as we belong to Him through our faith in His Son Jesus. The Father gave them to Jesus, and they kept and obeyed His words. Christ’s prayer showed how personal the relationship was between Him and His Father. He said that those the Father gave Him knew that all things were of the Father and certainly believed that the Father sent Him from above. He has given them the words of the Father, and they have received them (vv. 6-8). Thank God for the prayer of our Brother. His disciples needed it then just as much as we need it now. His prayer was not for the world; it was specifically for those whom the Father has given Him for they belong to the Father, and Jesus is glorified in them. Our spiritual walk must be holy, in love, and in unity because that is how we glorify the Father and His Son. We cannot walk with one without the other. Those who belong to Jesus belong to the Father, and those who belong to the Father belong to Jesus. Shout glory and give God a hand clap of praise for He is worthy.