堅持信靠的Brian's Blog

 ¹²Jesus once again addressed them: "I am the world's Light. No one who follows me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in."

 ¹³The Pharisees objected, "All we have is your word on this. We need more than this to go on."

 ^14-18Jesus replied, "You're right that you only have my word. But you can depend on it being true. I know where I've come from and where I go next. You don't know where I'm from or where I'm headed. You decide according to what you can see and touch. I don't make judgments like that. But even if I did, my judgment would be true because I wouldn't make it out of the narrowness of my experience but in the largeness of the One who sent me, the Father. That fulfills the conditions set down in God's Law: that you can count on the testimony of two witnesses. And that is what you have: You have my word and you have the word of the Father who sent me."

 ¹⁹They said, "Where is this so-called Father of yours?"

   Jesus said, "You're looking right at me and you don't see me. How do you expect to see the Father? If you knew me, you would at the same time know the Father."

Lord, we praise you. You are the light of Brian’s world, and he closely follows your spirit—your always faithful, stable spirit. Thank you, because though Brian’s eyes were dark, you surrounded him with your glorious light. We believe that his body and emotions will be led from the darkness, and that you will draw him into the light of your embrace.

Lord, we praise you. In the past, you stepped onto the Earth and healed many people. We ask to witness that history again today, and we bring Brian before you pleading for the past to be made present, and the present to be repeated in the future. Your great power never changes, whether it is yesterday, today, or tomorrow. Let us witness your miracles, so that we of little faith will know your glory and our doubts will be shaken away.

Lord, we praise you. Give glory to Brian, your son whose loss is great and painful. We thank you because you dwell inside him, and because Brian is connected to your heart, what he does has eternal value and significance.

Father, may Brian’s soul grow closer to Jesus as he lies in his hospital bed. As he continues to dedicate his life to loving Jesus, transform him and grow him until he radiates his beautiful character.

Holy Spirit, we know that you will be revealed to Brian as he lies on his bed, striving to understand and get close to Jesus Christ. We pray that he will have revelation about the love of God the Father, revelation on a life following Jesus, and revelation on obedience to his Heavenly Father.

In the name of Jesus Christ, may God fulfill his Holy Word right before our eyes.

Amen.