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“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 KJV

‍ ‍The Memorial Day weekend is coming upon us in a few weeks. It is a day to honor Veteran's that made the ultimate sacrifice, the giving up of their own lives in order to save the lives of others and for America. Although it is a day of remembering those who sacrificed their lives in battle to preserve freedom for others, personally I also think it is fitting to honor those who survived, but put themselves in harms way. Not to diminish the sacrifice of those who laid down their lives in battle. However, there are those who put their lives on the line that were able to survive.

I have mentioned on numerous occasions (but I cannot remember if I mentioned it in an article), that in February 1988, on a dreary, bone chilling, rainy afternoon, I was driving around in South Tulsa, in which I forget the reason why. My mind was not thinking about anything in particular with regards to the Bible, the Holy Spirit or anything spirtitual. At any rate, The Lord spoke to my heart, “My agenda is to cause the Church to rise up in the power that I moved through her in the book of Acts.” At that time no one was preaching or teaching anything on the book of Acts. Whatever was mentioned about the book of Acts, especially among Charismatic and Pentecostal circles was Acts chapter two regarding the baptism of the Holy Spirit. However, nothing was mentioned about a revival in which God would be pouring out His spirit in such a demonstrative way mentioned in Acts chapter two.

The Gospels tell of an incident in which a lawyer asks Jesus what is the great commandment in the law.

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked Him a question, tempting Him, and saying, “Master, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said unto him, “'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.'” Matthew 22:35-39 KJV

We commonly call the prayer that Jesus taught on the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 6:9-13, The Lord's Prayer. That prayer was a model, pattern or structure of prayer that teaches us how to pray. The prayer that Jesus prays in John chapter 17, is His prayer that He prays. He prayed for Himself, for His disciples and for all who would believe on Him from the disciples preaching and teaching. It is the Lord Jesus' prayer.