{"id":478,"date":"2025-07-22T00:08:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=478"},"modified":"2025-07-20T20:10:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:10:52","slug":"july-22-who-am-i-in-christ-prayed-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/july-22-who-am-i-in-christ-prayed-for\/","title":{"rendered":"July \u00a022&#8211;Who Am I in Christ? \u2013 Prayed For"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><u>In Christ I am: PRAYED FOR<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u201cI do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;\u201d (words of Jesus) John 17:20 NKJV<br \/>\n<\/em>Jesus was saying that He prays for all who believe in Him.<\/li>\n<li><em>Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.<\/em>\u00a0 Hebrews 7:25 NKJV<br \/>\nIntercession is the action of saying a prayer on behalf of another person, Jesus in heaven prays for all those who come to God through Him.<\/li>\n<li><em>Who shall bring a charge against God\u2019s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.<\/em>\u00a0 Romans 8:34-35 NKJV<br \/>\nJesus in heaven prays for the elect, those who are believers in Him.<\/li>\n<li><em>Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.\u00a0 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God<\/em>.<br \/>\nRomans 8:26-27\u00a0 NKJV<br \/>\nThe Holy Spirit who is within us believers helps us and prays for us.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Believers, Jesus and His Holy Spirit are praying for us every moment of every day.<br \/>\nHis Spirit is within us teaching us how to pray also.\u00a0 We are covered in prayer.\u00a0 Walk securely in that knowledge and give thanks!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Christ I am: PRAYED FOR \u201cI do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;\u201d (words of Jesus) John 17:20 NKJV Jesus was saying that He prays for all who believe in Him. 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