Jan 20, 2015 | Books, Lord's Prayer
From “Studies in the Lord’s Prayer,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield John 17:7-8 The Lord Jesus teaches us, while speaking to His Father, that eternal life is to know the Father and the Son. This means that what Jesus teaches us is more important than...
Jan 20, 2015 | Books, Lord's Prayer
From “Studies in the Lord’s Prayer,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield John 17:9-10 This is the point at which Jesus’ prayer for us actually begins. All the preceding material has been a very wonderful and blessed introduction. You might say that the...
Jan 20, 2015 | Books, Lord's Prayer
From “Studies in the Lord’s Prayer,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield John 17:11 I was thinking yesterday about the changes that the world has gone through during the last 80 years. When our grandfathers were born, just after World War I, this was...
Jan 20, 2015 | Books, Lord's Prayer
From “Studies in the Lord’s Prayer,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield John 17:12 The 3-year-old was making his first visit to the beach with his family. Dad held him in his arms as he walked into the water and soon the waves touched the boy’s feet....
Jan 20, 2015 | Books, Lord's Prayer
From “Studies in the Lord’s Prayer,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield John 17:13 My wife, Judy, and I had been married a long time before either of us left the other’s side for any length of time. Sure, we had gone to work, to the store, and to...
Jan 20, 2015 | Books, Lord's Prayer
From “Studies in the Lord’s Prayer,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield John 17:14-16 The next three verses contain some repetition, which emboldens me to look at a larger chunk of scripture than usual. But first let me tell you about Clay Shiver. In 1995...
Jan 20, 2015 | Books, Lord's Prayer
From “Studies in the Lord’s Prayer,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield John 17:17 While on a recent walk you heard the joyful sound of a goose, so you looked up into the air, but there was no v-shaped wedge of geese to be seen. And then you realized that...
Jan 20, 2015 | Books, Lord's Prayer
From “Studies in the Lord’s Prayer,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield John 17:18-19 Let’s say that when you wake up tomorrow, you’re disoriented and don’t recognize where you are. You find yourself laying on an unfamiliar bed in a...
Jan 20, 2015 | Books, Lord's Prayer
From “Studies in the Lord’s Prayer,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield John 17:20-21 Everyone who owns a car or truck agrees that it’s important to check the oil every once in a while. What are the reasons for checking that oil? We check oil because...
Jan 20, 2015 | Books, Lord's Prayer
From “Studies in the Lord’s Prayer,” by Pastor K. David Oldfield John 17:22-23 Let’s say that next Sunday we have a visitor. He is without a doubt one of the most handsome men that you have ever seen. But, he loves the Lord “with all his...
