Saturday and Sunday, February 4-5—John 15:18-25
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’
- praise the Lord Jesus Christ who subjected Himself to the scorn and suffering of this world for us and our salvation
- pray that we would desire the glory and kingdom of our Lord over our own reputation and personal gain
- pray that we would be willing to suffer for the cause of Christ
- pray that we will all see ourselves indebted to our Lord Jesus, indentured to His service in all aspects and areas of our lives
- pray that the Spirit of God would use us to fill the greater West Chester area with the hope of life bound up in Jesus Christ
- pray that we would be faithful witnesses in word and deed in the life-spheres in which our God has stationed us
- pray for protection from the enticements of the world and efforts of Satan, the prince of this world
- pray that we fix our gaze, as we sojourn in this world, on our Lord Jesus, seeing Him as our Lord, our life, and our love
