Sermon from 6/1/25 by Pastor Sierra Ward
Notes: Sometimes it’s common to move the Ascension texts to Easter 7 in order to cover everything. I was torn about which route to go and then I read this note and my mind was made up.
I feel like this is a rough text to preach on, and still not sure if I did it justice but I do love John’s gospel so much! Thanks to Brian Spahr for the good seed ideas some of which I included in this sermon.
John 17:20-26 NLT
“I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.
“I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!
“O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”
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