#Planning christian worship year a movie

It is not the victory chant, though victory is assured. It begins РІР‚СљOne day when the glory comes / it will be ours, it will be ours / oh one day when the war is won / we will be sure / Oh glory (Glory, glory).РІР‚Сњ ItРІР‚в„ўs not about completion, but about hope.

#Planning christian worship year a movie

But then again, maybe Jesus prayed this way for those who havenРІР‚в„ўt yet made it through, so that they had a word to hang on to when the wind begins to howl and rain begins to fall, a word to cling to when the ground trembles and the temple shakes: РІР‚СљGlory.РІР‚СњР”Вo yourself a favor listen to the amazing Oscar-winning original song by John Legend and Common from the movie Selma: РІР‚СљGlorify your SonРІР‚Сњ as a way to explain to those who come after the event what it all means.

It could be a prayer that was really a theological treatise on the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus. Since the Gospel of John was written many years after the event, this prayer could be a prayer made up of the prayers of the church, of leaders and followers, and hopes and dreams. Of course, the prayer could be a construct. But through him, through his life and his suffering and his death, he prays for them. Jesus prays like that, for them and for himself too. ItРІР‚в„ўs a pastoral prayer, where the pastor prays words that the congregation doesnРІР‚в„ўt have words to pray, but they can nod along as though those are exactly the words they were longing to say. ItРІР‚в„ўs not a prayer like we understand prayers. No, itРІР‚в„ўs not just a prayer itРІР‚в„ўs a sermon, an announcement, a word of encouragement for those who are about to walk through the valley of the shadow of death. He doesnРІР‚в„ўt say, РІР‚Сљglorify me,РІР‚Сњ which is what youРІР‚в„ўd expect if it was just a prayer between Jesus and his Father.

We are coming to the climax, to the end toward which the whole event was aiming from the philosophical beginning and the first miracle with water into wine and the wonder that ensued. ItРІР‚в„ўs chapter seventeen, almost the end of the Gospel. ThatРІР‚в„ўs what JesusРІР‚в„ў prayer is about here in the Gospel of John.