{"id":533,"date":"2009-07-13T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T00:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?p=533"},"modified":"2009-07-13T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T00:29:00","slug":"scriptures-for-prayer-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2009\/07\/13\/scriptures-for-prayer-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Scriptures for prayer retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thoughts from verses given to me for the retreat by an intercessor:<\/p>\n

John 17:1,9,11,12,15<\/strong><\/p>\n

my emphasis being on verses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
11<\/td>\n– protect\/keep strong – to guard from loss or injury by keeping the eye upon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n– protected them in your name – to watch, to be on guard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n– lost – to destroy fully, to perish or lose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17,18<\/td>\n– Sanctify them – ‘walking in holiness’ is the theme of the retreat: The holy God is calling his people to be holy: adorned as a bride for the heavenly wedding banquet of the glorified Christ. (Revelation 21:1-5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Luke 22: 31,32<\/strong>
\nAs Jesus is praying for me, so my pastoral role as bishop is to strengthen God’s people. This is similar emphasis as Jesus’ prayer for the disciples and for us! -‘those who will believe in me (Jesus) through their word’ in John 17:20.<\/p>\n

1 Timothy 2:1-8<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nThe great challenge to be a person of prayer because God desires the salvation of all people in Christ. May it be so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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