Oct 29 – What Jesus Wants for You – Pt 1 – The Glory of a God-Driven Life

Today we start a new 3-part sermon series called What Jesus Wants for You and it centers on Jesus’ prayer in John 17. Question: Do you need to revitalize your prayer life? Then let’s turn to John 17:1-5 because it’s here we’re going to draw out some prayer principles that, if followed, can revitalize your prayer life. And in doing so we’ll also see how Jesus lived the glory of God-driven life and how you can to! Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

 

Today we start a new 3-part sermon series called What Jesus Wants for You and it centers on Jesus’ prayer in John 17. Question: Do you need to revitalize your prayer life? Then let’s turn to John 17:1-5 because it’s here we’re going to draw out some prayer principles that, if followed, can revitalize your prayer life. And in doing so we’ll also see how Jesus lived the glory of God-driven life and how you can to! Thanks for watching. God bless you!

 

The Names of God:

Abba means Father

Adonai means Lord or Master.

The Almighty conveys the idea God is an all-powerful being, able to control everything in the universe at all times

The Ancient of Days describes the everlasting God.

Bread of Life means that we are not satisfied spiritually unless we know Jesus and have Him in our lives.

El Elyon means God most High.

El Roi means God who sees me.

El Shaddai means God Almighty, all sufficient One.

Elohim means Supreme God, Strong One, Creator God.

Everlasting Father means that as the Everlasting Father, the Messiah will be a father and His fatherhood will be without end.

Immanuel means God with us.

Good Shepherd means that Jesus is the loving, caring, Savior of the world.

High Priest means that Jesus is the one who faithfully bears us into God’s presence by virtue of His self-sacrifice.

Lamb of God means that God gave Jesus to be killed like a lamb for our sins so we could live forever.

Living Water means Jesus is the living water, providing the necessary spiritual nourishment for our souls to thrive.

Messiah means Jesus is the promised “anointed one” or Christ; the Savior.

Our Father means God is our Father not only in that He is our Creator but that He is also our Redeemer.

Prince of Peace means Jesus is the only one who can bring true peace, restoration, redemption and reconciliation between you and God and others.

Redeemer applies specifically to Christ, because He redeems us from all evil by the payment of a ransom in full payment of our debt to the laws of God we have broken.

Son of God refers to the status of Jesus as the divine son of God the Father.

Yahweh is the Hebrew word for the self-revealed name of the God of the Old Testament.

Yahweh Jireh means the Lord will provide or the Lord my provider.

Yahweh Nissi means the Lord is our banner, mighty warrior, victory.

Yahweh Rohi means the Lord our Shepherd.

Yahweh Rapha means the Lord heals.

Yahweh Sabbaoth means the Lord of hosts—He rules over all things both on earth and in heaven.

Yahweh Shalom means the Lord is peace.

Yahweh Shammah means the Lord is here.

Yeshua (Jesus) means Savior or the Lord is my salvation.

 

Congregational Prayer:

Almighty God we draw near to You, united as brothers and sisters within Your Kingdom. Gathered together, we lift our eyes to see Your face. Expectant with faith, we lay our lives before you. Lord, may Your Holy Spirit transform us, may Your light shine upon us and bring peace. We open our ears to hear Your Good News, we open our eyes to see Your truth and we open our hearts to receive your endless love. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.