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John 17 English Standard Version (ESV)

⁶ “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. ⁷ Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. ⁸ For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. ⁹ I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. ¹⁰ All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. ¹¹ And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one even as we are one. ¹² While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. ¹⁴ I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁷ Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. ¹⁸ As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. ¹⁹ And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

²⁰ “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, ²¹ that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. ²² The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,²³ I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. ²⁴ Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. ²⁵ O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. ²⁶ I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

REFLECTION

• Read over this passage a few times slowly. If time allows, read the whole chapter.
• Knowing that this is Jesus praying for you, substitute your name when it comes to “them” or “they”. Read it one more time.

Example: “I have manifested your name to [insert your name]whom you gave me out of the world. Yours [insert your name] is, and you gave [insert your name] to me, and [insert your name] has kept your word. (v6)

• What are you most excited about Jesus praying for you or saying about you? Why?
• Thank Jesus for praying for you. Talk to Him about the prayer phrases you found most meaningful. Pray also Jesus’ prayer for His followers in the world.
• Walk around today with the sense that Jesus is in you and that this was always His plan – to be in you.

PRAYER

Dear Jesus Christ, thank You for Your prayers for all the chosen children of the Father in the world, including me! At this moment, my heart is filled with heavenly joy just as You said! Your prayer reminds me that although I am still living in this world, I am not of this world, but a glorious citizen of Heaven with the blessings of eternal life. As a person still living on earth, although I will encounter many difficulties and face many challenges, Your prayers have given me infinite faith and courage to overcome difficulties and challenges. I know that I am not alone, because You love me, You are with me, and I have many brothers and sisters walking with me. We are a consecrated and united community, and we are all Your faithful disciples. Lord, may You continue to pray for us every day, we also pray to You, You are in us, we are also in You, please lead us on the road ahead, and testify to the world with Your love. Amen!

HYMN

My Worth Is Not in What I Own – youtu.be/05jKxv8ApuI