Understanding the Power and Purpose of Prayer

1. "We come to the last sermon of this convoluted series through the Gospel of John, and I have a little twinge of sadness. I feel a little bit of grief, like we're saying goodbye to an old friend that we've been with a long time. I felt the same way when we got to the end of Romans 8. Remember, we spent 20-some-odd weeks through Romans 8, and I got to the end of that. I'm thinking, well, that's it. There's nothing else good to preach on." [02:33] (24 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "What is interesting here, Jesus prays for three things. He prays for Himself, He prays for His disciples, and then He prays for all of those who would believe through the testimony of His disciples, which means He's praying for you and He's praying for me. And so we're going to focus on His prayer for the disciples and, by extension, for us this morning." [03:13] (18 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "The eternal triune God who was and is and is to come, the creator of all things, sustainer of all things, the end of all things. This God, Romans 8 says, is for us. And so this God, what has this God done to demonstrate that He is for us and to relate that? He sent His Son. He sent His Son. He sent His Son. He made us in every way, which means now that the Son who intercedes for us is able to sympathize with our weakness." [09:27] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "God didn't have to be this way. God could have just been one God in one person, sitting on the throne, and yet He would never be able to sympathize with your weakness, what it's like to be human. And He would never know what it's like to be inside of the sin nature trying to transform it into the image of Christ. He would just be God sitting on the throne looking down at you and wondering, what is your problem. Why can't you get your act together?" [10:14] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "There is something about the unity, particularly within a local church, that proclaims the gospel to the community around it. And when we are not unified in Christ, we are betraying the gospel to the world who is looking at us. So, there is gospel at stake for this whole idea of unity. This is why Jesus wants us to be unified." [15:33] (21 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


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