I simply love knowing that Jesus prayed for His apostles and
for us as well. When He prayed on the night on which He was betrayed and
arrested, He spoke of all who would come to faith in Him.
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for
those who will believe in Me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in Me and I am
in You. May they also be in Us so that the world may believe that You have sent
Me.”
(John 17:20-21, NIV)
This painting, Blessing
Christ, by French Neoclassical artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
(1780-1867), seems to capture that moment. With hands raised towards Heaven,
Jesus focuses above. The unscarred hands indicate this painting showed Christ
before He was crucified.
I am simply stunned to think that Jesus prayed for me and
all fellow believers some 2,000 years ago. How cool is that?
Oh, how I need the Lord. Every day I need Him. Anyone else feel like singing?
Blessing Christ
by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
1834
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That's a lovely post about Jesus praying for everyone. Thank you for sharing Linda :)
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Why yes! I'll have to give it a go next week...because I sure do.
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