With Love and My Affection

This was the closing prayer poem from my sermon Jesus Prays for His People. February 19, 2023. First Chinese Baptist Church, Walnut, California.


With Love and My Affection

I am praying for my people,

I am praying for my own.

I am praying for the ones

That you selected and you chose

To be your very sons,

To be your daughters, who–

Adopted as your children–

Will rule and reign with you.

I pray that they’ll be holy–

Sanctified and set apart.

I pray that all the words I say

Will take hold of their heart.

I pray they’ll be united

By my Book and by my blood.

I pray that they will stand in solidarity–

As one.

I ask that you’ll protect them

And keep their faith intact.

I pray that you’ll preserve them

Til Heaven takes them back.

I ask that on the cross,

They’ll see my glory bright.

I pray that they will turn from sin

And trust my sacrifice.

And with my resurrection,

When death will be destroyed,

With love and my affection–

Father, may they share our joy.