When Jesus
was praying His intercessory prayer in John seventeen He prayed
for all of
us who would believe on Him through the ministry of His followers
of that
day. As you take the time to read that
prayer again, look
especially
at verse twenty. "Neither pray I
for these alone, but for them
also which
shall believe on me through their word." (John 17:20)
John the
beloved was one of those who was with Jesus in His earthly
ministry. I came to know Jesus partly through the
writings of John. When
my Sunday
school teacher took something that John wrote, namely John 3:16,
and shared
it with her class I was one of those who believed. Many times I
have used
the words of Acts 4:12, spoken by Peter, "Neither is there
salvation in
any other. For there is none other name under heaven, given
among men
whereby we must be saved." Most of
the people who believe today
are
believers because of the intercessory prayer of Jesus and the ministry
and words of
those men who wrote and spoke those words which we believe.
Never under
estimate the worth of your intercessory prayer for others. Pray
for the
lost, the sick, the backslidden, the lonely, the elderly, the
downtrodden,
the crippled, the penniless and all you can think of who need
Jesus in any
way.
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