Friday, June 12, 2026 Jesus Prays #13 "A Prayer to Open Your Eyes"

 Luke 24:30–31


Good morning, Friends.  Read with me:

"When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight." — Luke 24:30–31

They had walked seven miles with Jesus without knowing it was Him.

Their hopes had been buried with Him three days earlier. They were done -  grieving, confused, heading the wrong direction. Yet Jesus walked alongside them in their despair, opened the Scriptures to them, and then sat down at their table.

And in the breaking of bread, in a simple prayer of thanks, their eyes were opened.

The resurrection did not announce itself with thunder. It revealed itself quietly -  in a blessing over an ordinary meal, at the table of two discouraged travelers who had almost given up.

Every prayer of Jesus we have studied - from the mountainside to the cross -  was uttered by One who would not stay in the tomb. The prayer at Emmaus whispers what the empty grave declares: He is still at the table. He is still giving thanks. And He is still opening eyes that had lost hope.

As we pray this Friday morning, I want you to ask God, your Father, to help you - to open your eyes.

Lord Jesus, how often have You walked beside me in my grief and confusion without my recognizing You? Open my eyes today — in the ordinary moments, at ordinary tables, in the breaking of ordinary bread. Revive hope I have quietly abandoned. Remind me that the story never ended at the cross, and that You are still present, still blessing, still revealing Yourself to those who have almost stopped looking...

Continue your personal prayer.

In the Name of Jesus, I pray - Amen.

Tomorrow and Sunday we will go back and look at the longest prayer of Jesus recorded in the Bible - John 17.  It will be the theme of the sermon Sunday.  Hope you can join us.  


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