John 17 is the longest recorded prayer Jesus prayed. It was prayed shortly before his crucifixion
so it holds significant weight as a final prayer. This prayer serves as the base for my next
three discipleship lessons with my kids.
It is also the guidance for our three top priorities as disciples of
Jesus.
The first section of John 17 focuses on Jesus' love of
God. So I actually went back to the
beginning with my kids. We read through
the 10 commandments in Deuteronomy 5 and then skipped a little ahead, and after
Moses explained the 10 commandments he underscored it with Deuteronomy
6:5. So after all the commandments given,
the most important concept to take away is, "Love the Lord your God with
all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." (Deut. 6:5)
We then talked about if we lived every moment reflecting our
true and sincere love for God what would that look like? How would our actions immediately be love
actions? How would we treat others? What would change in our daily lives?
We talked about when Moses left the mountain and the fact
that he felt ill-equipped to carry out the task of leading the Israelites. But God went with him. Moses did not want to leave His presence but
God promised to be with Him. Exodus
33:14 says, Then He replied, "My presence will go with you, and I will
give you rest." God promises to go
with us but and our first priority must be our love for Him. Then in true kid's discipleship fashion, we drew a picture to represent our concept for the week.
The
bottom corners of the triangle will be our next two lessons. We ended with our week's memory verse Deut. 6:5.
By His Grace
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