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Praying for Our Army Work (Yesterday’s Prayer Warriors: 26/100)

Praying for Our Army Work (Yesterday’s Prayer Warriors: 29/100)

Lord Jesus, thank you for Your sovereign death on the cross to cover all our sins with Your blood. Help us to respond to this great gift by being disciples who live their lives in the open, freely proclaiming your love, power, and lordship. We pray for Fort Eustis that many soldiers would come to these same conclusions about Jesus (Staff: Laurin and Marilyn White)

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Jesus in the Gospel of John (19.23-42)

He was crucified by soldiers 23

His garments were gambled for by the soldiers fulfilling Scripture 23-25

His mother and other women witnessed His death 25

He gave care of His mother to a disciple He loved (John) 26-27

He continued to fulfill Scripture in His death 28

He was given sour wine to drink 28-29

He knew when He had completed all that He was meant to do 30

He died on the cross 30

He was not in “control” of the next fulfilled prophecy 31-37

His legs were not broken 33

His side was pierced through with a spear 34

His disciple witnessed this 35

He was the recipient of circumstantial fulfillment of the Scriptures 36-37

He had secret disciples 38

His body was buried by His secret disciple (Joseph of Arimathea) 38

His other secret disciple, Nicodemus, brought the burial spices 39

He was buried according to the custom of the Jews 40

He was buried in a new tomb on the Jewish day of preparation 41-42

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Praying for Our Army Work (Yesterday’s Prayer Warriors: 35/100)

Father help us to remember our cruelty to You when you visited us in the form of Your Son and cause us to repent of our rebellion toward you and men. Help us and the men and women we minister to fully embrace the gift of grace You offer us through Your sacrifice on the cross. Lord we ask that You reveal these powerful truths to the men and women of Fort Campbell (Staff: James and Monica Carter, Mike and Liz Chong, Joe and Mercy Ebuen, Noel and Cary Nelson, Victor and Natasha Padilla)

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Jesus in the Gospel of John (19.1-22)

Jesus was scourged by His own creation (Romans) 1

He was tortured by His own creation (Romans) 2-3

He was mocked by His own creation (Romans) 2-3, 5

He was found not guilty (Romans) 4

He was seen a man 5

His crucifixion was demanded by the Jews 6

He claimed to be the Son of God (and indeed He is) 7

He scared Pilate 8

He didn’t answer some of Pilate’s questions 9

He knew that what was happening was by the authority of God 11

He was hated by the Jews who demanded His death 12

He was called a King by Pilate in a sarcastic way 14

He was finally handed over to the Roman soldiers for crucifixion 16

He carried His cross to Golgotha 17

He was crucified between to men 18

He was labeled the King of the Jews by Pilate 19

He was not claimed as the King by the Jews 21

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Praying for Our Army Work (Yesterday’s Prayer Warriors: 34/100)

Lord protect us from denying you in any form. Help us to be people of truth. And we pray for the men and women stationed at Fort Bragg (Staff: Dennis and Shirley Abell, Sue Alspach, Dave and Marilyn Coffield, Doug and Kim Cote, Ben and Betts Kayser, David and Karen Linquist, Alonzo and Dana Murray, John and Jess Snyder)

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Jesus in the Gospel of John (18.19-40)

Jesus was questioned by the High Priest Annas 19

He spoke His message openly 20

He had many witnesses to what He said and did 21

He was struck by His own creation 22

He was struck for a statement of truth 23

He was sent to another high priest named Caiaphas 24

He had predicted Peter’s denial 25-27

He was sent the Romans (Pilate) 28

He predicted the kind of death He would die 32

He asked questions when being questioned 34

His Kingdom is not of the this world 36

He is a King 37

He was born to testify of the truth 37

He was found “not guilty” by the Romans 38

His life was traded by the Jews for a robber 40

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Praying for Our Army Work (Yesterday’s Prayer Warriors: 29/100)

Pray that God would give a place to retreat and that we would spend time with Him there

Pray that we would have the level of confidence and commitment to do the Father’s will no matter what the cost.

Pray for Fort Bliss (Staff: Rusty and Eleanor Bean Stephanie Ruwet, Allan and Tiffany Taylor)

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Jesus in the Gospel of John (18.1-18)

Jesus went to the garden before He was betrayed 1

He had been to this garden often with His disciples 2

He knew “all things that were coming upon Him” (how He would be captured and killed) 4

He was brave and introduced Himself to His killers 4-5

He instilled fear in His captors 6

He practically forced himself on His killers 7-8

He protected His disciples by requesting their release 8

He fulfilled Scripture by protecting His disciples 9

He rebuked Peter for defending Him and assured him He could protect Himself 11

He was determined to do the Father’s will 11

He was arrested and taken before the High Priest (a company of Roman and Jewish authorities) 12-14

He was prophesied over as a Savior by a man who unwittingly sacrifice Him for the people 14

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Praying for Our Army Work (Yesterday’s Prayer Warriors: 33/100)

Pray for perfect unity among our staff and laborers for the sake of our testimony

Pray that we would love others the way He loved us

Pray for Fort Benning (Shawn and Marie Hatch, Eric and Robin Kennedy, Jim and Rolinda McKnight, Michael Owens, Chuck and Debbie Wood)

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Jesus in the Gospel of John (17.20-26)

Jesus prayed for the generations of disciples 20

He prayed for the unity of all believers 21

He wanted the whole world to believe 21

He wanted them to be unified in His glory 22

He prayed for perfect unity 23

He loved the disciples as the Father loved Him 23

He wants us to be with Him 24

He wants us to see His glory 24

He existed with the Father before the foundation of the world 24

He knew the Father 25

He was sent by the Father 25

He made the Father’s name known to the disciples 26

He wants to be in us 26

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Praying for Our Army Work (Yesterday’s Prayer Warriors: 25/100)

Pray that we would glorify the Father by accomplishing the work He gave us to do

Pray that we would be one as He and the Father are one

Pray for those in the DC area (Staff: Roger and Danielle Cotton, Dale and Shanna Shrader)

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Jesus in the Gospel of John (17.1-19)

Jesus prayed to the Father 1

He asked to be glorified 1

He has authority over all flesh 2

He gives eternal life 2

He was sent by the only true God 3

He and the Father are eternal life 3

He glorified God on earth 4

He accomplished the work the Father gave Him to do 4

He had glory with the Father before the creation of the world 5

He mad the name of God known to the men the Father gave Him 6

He received everything from the Father 7

He gave His disciples the Word of God 8

He was sent from God 8

He interceded on behalf of the disciples 9

He owns all things and is glorified in them 10

He is with the Father 11

He is one with the Father 11

He protected the disciples in the name of God 12

He gave His full joy to them with His words 13

He gave them God’s Word 14

He is not of the world 14

He didn’t ask the Father to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one 15

He is not of the world 16

He asked the Father to sanctify them in truth 17

He sent His disciples into the world 18

He sanctified Himself in truth 19

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Praying for Our Army Work (Yesterday’s Prayer Warriors: 34/100)

Pray that we would clearly understand Jesus and His intent

Pray that we would rest in the joy and peace He promises

Pray for the other members of the Military Leaders Team (Wesley Drake, Bill Veilleaux, Gregg Elmendorf, Rich Robinson)

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Jesus in the Gospel of John (16.16-33)

Jesus cryptically told them about His resurrection 16

His disciples didn’t understand this 17-19

He understands the pains and joys of child-birth 21

He will give them joy y rising from the dead 22

He will give us what we ask of the Father in His Name 23

He wants to make our joy full be praying in His name 24

He can make our joy full 24

He would speak to them clearly at the proper time 25

He we loved by His disciples and they believed He came from the Father 27

He came from the Father to the world and returned to the Father 28

He was speaking plainly to His disciples and they said they believed 29

He questions their belief 31

He knew His disciples would abandon Him 32

He knew the Father would be with Him 32

He told them about the future so that they would have peace 33

He has overcome the world 33

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Praying for Our Army Work (Yesterday’s Prayer Warriors: 32/100)

Pray that we would stay the course in our faith and not stumble

Pray that we would understand the words and ways of Jesus as the Holy Spirit reveals Him to us

Pray for the other three Branches of Service (Directors: Navy – Andrew Stroud, Air Force – Darren Lindblom, USMC – Mike Darnell)

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Jesus in the Gospel of John (16.1-15)

Jesus has spoke to keep us from stumbling 1

He knows that His followers will be killed (and allows it) 2

He is not known nor the Father by these murderers 3

He’s giving them a heads up so they will remember and have faith 4

He returned to the Father 5

His presence was cherished by His disciples 6

He knows the disciples will be better off with the presence of the Holy Spirit 7

He is the one in whom the Holy Spirit convicts men’s consciences of their sin 8-9

He had a lot to tell the disciples but He didn’t because they were emotionally unable to bear it 12

He will be glorified by the Holy Spirit and be revealed by Him 14

His being and all that He is will be disclosed by the Father 15

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Praying for Our Army Work (Yesterday’s Prayer Warriors: 24/100)

Pray that we would endure the hatred of the world for the cause of Jesus Christ

Pray that the Holy Spirit would help us understand Jesus’ life and words

Pray for the Arizona National Guard and Camp Casey (Staff: Matt Stubbs, Bill Meyers)

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Jesus in the Gospel of John (15.18-27)

Jesus is hated by the world 18

He chose His disciples out of the world 19

He was persecuted by the world therefore His disciples will be persecuted by the world 20

He is the reason the world will persecute us 21

He was sent by the Father 21

He spoke to the world and now they are without excuse 22

He is hated and therefore the Father is hated 23-24

He was hated by the world without cause 25

He will send the Holy Spirit form the Father 26

He is the one whom the Holy Spirit give testimony 26

He is the one whom His disciples give testimony 27

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