Biblical Teaching on Prayer
Words from Jesus on the Cross:
(The seventh word)
Luke 23:46
46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.
Pondering Point
Today’s set of words revolve around trust: Jesus trusts His Spirit into God’s hands and later calls Peter to exercise trust by committing to follow Him. It’s a good thing Peter stuck with Jesus and chose to trust Him; he ultimately became a powerful follower of Jesus.
Don’t let your past keep you from becoming a faithful follower of Jesus either. Two questions for you to ponder today as we are nearly halfway through Holy Week:
Question 1
Have you prayerfully put your life in God’s hands
and committed your spirit to Him? If not, do so now.
Seriously! If so, do it again -- seriously!
“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”
Question 2
Have you prayerfully agreed to follow Jesus and let Him lead you wherever He desires to take you? If not, do so now. Seriously! If so, do it anew -- seriously!
Words from Jesus on the Cross:
Follow Me
John 21:18-19
18 Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” 19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”
Prayer
Father God, I once again (or for the first time) commit my spirit – my life, my whole self – into Your hands. I step into the call to follow Jesus as Lord of my life, as Savior from my sins, as Master to my life of apprenticeship in becoming a disciple of Jesus. In His name I pray. Amen.