Prayer for the Church
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 17 August 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
If you’re a Christian, you can point to a passage in the Bible where Jesus prays for you personally. From his sermon series in the gospel of John, today R.C. Sproul marvels at Christ’s intercession for His people, a prayerful ministry that continues to this very moment.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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| 0:00.0 | You who are a believer were in the mind of Jesus on that day, on that night when he prayed this prayer of intercession. |
| 0:07.9 | And it gives us a foretaste of his ongoing ministry of intercession at the right hand of the Father, |
| 0:16.5 | and we can know that he is interceding for us daily. |
| 0:27.1 | Can you point to a text in the New Testament that tells you that Jesus is praying for you, |
| 0:33.4 | for you personally, if not, keep listening? |
| 0:40.8 | Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind. |
| 0:48.1 | I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham. Today brings us to the final sermon in this short series in John's Gospel, and it's a sermon I suspect you may want to listen to several times. The truths contained in this section should bring |
| 0:55.6 | us such comfort as God's people. And in reality, truths like you'll hear today are found all throughout |
| 1:02.0 | this gospel. So for the final day and for the final Sunday, I encourage you to request |
| 1:07.7 | R.C. Sproles' commentary on John so you can spend time in this |
| 1:11.3 | gospel, line by line. Simply give a donation at Renewing Your Mind.org in support of renewing |
| 1:17.8 | your mind, and we'll send it to you as our way of saying thank you. Well, here's Dr. Sprawl in |
| 1:23.5 | John, Chapter 17. We're reading this morning from John Chapter 17. |
| 1:36.0 | We're reading this morning from John, chapter 17, beginning at verse 20, and reading through verse 26, which is the end of the chapter. |
| 1:42.2 | I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in me through |
| 1:51.5 | their word, that they all may be one, as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us, that the world may believe |
| 2:06.3 | that you sent me. |
| 2:09.0 | And the glory which you gave me I have given them, that they may be one just as we are one, |
| 2:17.3 | I in them and you in me, that they may be made perfect |
| 2:23.4 | in one, and that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them as you have loved |
| 2:33.4 | me. And Father, I desire that they also whom you gave me may be with me |
| 2:41.0 | where I am, that they may behold my glory which you have given me, for you have loved me |
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