Living He Loved me, Dying He Saved me,

This morning in study time with the Lord, the Word came alive.   The commentary in the bottom of the bible stated that this is truly the Lord's prayer.  It was so humbling and over whelming, with His words and His love that of course it needed to be shared with all who would listen.   We could do nothing, yet He died to save us.  The Father gave us to Jesus or we could not have come to Him.  We have nothing to offer Him nor any power to receive what He had for us, yet He freely gave His life on Calvary's tree and rose again that we might have eternal life. As Jesus prayed this prayer, it was recorded by John which makes me think he must have heard the prayer.  Can you imagine how those disciples felt as Jesus talks to the Father concerning them as well as those of us who would later believe on Him?   And this brought to mind the song by Casting Crowns    "Living He Loved me, dying He Saved me."  Only the Holy Spirit can reveal these things to those that have received Jesus as their Savior.  Once again a reminder that we are so very blessed in our Savior's love.  And for me it was so very personal this morning and I was humbled and overwhelmed by His love.   The New International Version  John 17 1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. 6 “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. 13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. 20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them. "One day when Heaven was filled with His praises One day when sin was as black as could be Jesus came forth to be born of a Virgin Dwelt among men, my example is He Word became flesh and the light shined among us His glory to be revealed Living, He loved me, dying He saved me Buried He carried my sins far away Rising He justified freely forever One day He’s coming O glorious day One day they led Him up Calvary’s mountain One day they nailed Him to die on a tree Suffered anguish, despised and rejected Bearing my sins, my Redeemer is He Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree And took the nails for me One day the grave could conceal Him no longer One day the stone rolled away from the door Then He arose over death He had conquered Now is ascended, my Lord evermore Death could not hold Him, the grave could not keep Him From rising again One day the trumpet will sound for His coming One day the skies will with His glory will shine Wonderful day, my beloved one bringing  My Savior, Jesus is mine." 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