June 13, 2021 · John 17:6–12

Prayer for Protection - John 17:6-12

“First of all, pray for yourself to keep the faith. It always starts at home with ourselves, isn't it? That we would be people who would be able to stand strong in our faith. Jesus is praying for his disciples. He's saying, Lord, help them keep the faith. If he's praying for them, those mighty men of God, how much more do we for ourselves? Each of us needs to be praying over our own discipleship, praying that we would be growing in Christ. That wouldn't be just happy with the place we've been for the past couple of years and stagnant. Like, oh, I'm doing pretty good. I'm okay. No, Lord, let me grow deeper in my faith. Let me trust you more. Let me keep and preserve this faith. I've been longing more and more lately. Just Lord, I want to have a powerful faith. I want to have a faith that people can see, and it works wonders that people see it and it's contagious. Because there's a power that comes with that faith. … So pray that over yourself, and we need to keep praying. Lord, help protect my faith and grow my faith. Something that each of us should be praying.”