Jesus Prayer for His Disciples John 17:1-26 After Jesus finished saying this, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your
Son, so that the Son may give glory to you. For you gave him authority over all
humanity so that he might give eternal life to all those you “I have made you known to those you
gave me out of the world. They belong to you, and you gave them to me. They
have obeyed your word, and now they know that everything you gave me comes from
you. I gave them the message that you gave me, and they received it; they know
that it is true that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me.gave him. And
eternal life means knowing you, the only
true God, and knowing Jesus Christ, whom you sent. I have shown your glory on
earth; I have finished the work you gave me to do. Father! Give me glory in
your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made.
“I pray for them. I do not pray for
the world but for those you gave me, for they belong to you. All I have is yours, and all you have is
mine, and my glory is shown through them.
And now I am coming to you; I am no longer in the world, but they are in
the world. Holy Father! Keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you
gave me, so that may be one just as you and I are one. While I was with them, I kept them safe by
the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of
them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost – so that the scripture
might come true. And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the
world so that they might have my joy in their hearts in all its fullness. I gave
them your message, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the
world, just as I do not belong to the world. I do not ask you to take them out of the
world, but I do ask you to keep them safe from the Evil one. Just as I do not belong to the world, they do
not belong to the world. Dedicate them to yourself by means of the truth; your
word is truth. I sent them into the world, just as you sent me into the world.
And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be
truly dedicated to you.
“I pray not only for them, but also
for those who believe in me because of their message. I pray that they may all
be one. Father! May they be in us, just
as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe
that you sent me. I gave them the same glory you gave me, so that they may be
one, just as you and I are one; I in them and you in me, so that they may be
completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you
love them as you love me.
“Father! You have given them to me,
and I want them to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, the
glory you gave me; for you loved me before the world was made. Righteous Father! The world does not know
you, but I know you, and these know that you sent me. I made you known to them
and I will continue to do so, in order that the love you have for me may be in
them and so that I also may be in them.’
Father in Heaven, I come before you and ask you to heal our wounded world. Father pour out your divine grace from your heavenly throne upon our world. May we never stop praising your glorious name. Thank you Father for our Lord Jesus Christ your only begotten Son. H.G. Psalm 86
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