Jesus
Prays For Himself
After
Jesus said this, He looked toward Heaven and prayed:
'Father,
the time has come.
Glorify
Your Son, that Your Son may Glorify you.
2
For you granted Him Authority over All People
That
He might give Eternal LIFE
To
All those You have given Him.
3
NOW THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE:
THAT
THEY MAY KNOW YOU, THE ONLY TRUE GOD,
AND
JESUS CHRIST, WHOM YOU HAVE SENT.
4 I
have brought You Glory on Earth
By
completing the Work You gave Me to do.
5
AND NOW, FATHER, GLORIFY ME IN YOUR PRESENCE
WITH
THE GLORY I HAD WITH YOU BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN.
Jesus
Prays For His Disciples
6
'I have revealed You
To
those whom You gave me out of the World.
They
were Yours; You gave them to Me
And
they have Obeyed Your Word.
7
Now they know
That
Everything You have given Me Comes from You.
8
For I gave them the Words You gave Me
And
they Accepted them.
They
knew with Certainty that I came from You,
And
they believed that You sent Me.
9 I
AM NOT PRAYING FOR THE WORLD,
BUT
FOR THOSE YOU HAVE GIVEN ME,
FOR
THEY ARE YOURS.
10
ALL I HAVE IS YOURS AND ALL YOU HAVE IS MINE.
AND
GLORY HAS COME TO ME THROUGH THEM.
11
I will remain in the World No Longer,
But
they are still in the World,
And
I am coming to You.
HOLY
FATHER, PROTECT THEM BY THE POWER OF YOUR NAME--
THE
NAME YOU GAVE ME--
SO
THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE.
12
While I was with them
I
Protected them and kept them Safe
BY
THE NAME YOU GAVE ME.
None
has been lost except the one doomed to Destruction
So
that Scripture would be fulfilled.
13
I am coming to You now,
But
I say these things while I am still in the World,
So
that they may have the Full Measure of My Joy within them.
14
I HAVE GIVEN THEM YOUR WORD
AND
THE WORLD HAS HATED THEM,
FOR
THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD
ANY
MORE THAN I AM OF THE WORLD.
15
My Prayer is not that You take them out of the World,
But
that You Protect them from the Evil One.
16
THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, EVEN AS I AM NOT OF IT.
17
SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH;
YOUR
WORD IS TRUTH.
18
AS YOU SENT ME INTO THE WORLD,
I
HAVE SENT THEM INTO THE WORLD.
19
For them I Sanctify Myself,
That
they too may be truly Sanctified.
Jesus
Prays For All Believers
20
'My Prayer is not for them alone.
I
Pray also for those who will believe in Me
Through
their Message,
21
THAT ALL OF THEM MAY BE ONE, FATHER,
JUST
AS YOU ARE IN ME AND I AM IN YOU.
MAY
THEY ALSO BE IN US
SO
THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE SENT ME.
22
I HAVE GIVEN THEM THE GLORY THAT YOU GAVE ME,
THAT
THEY MAY BE ONE AS WE ARE ONE;
I
IN THEM AND YOU IN ME.
MAY
THEY BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETE UNITY
TO
LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT YOU SENT ME
AND
HAVE LOVED THEM EVEN AS YOU HAVE LOVED ME.
24
'Father, I want those You have given Me
To
be with Me where I am,
And
to see My Glory, the Glory You have given Me
Because
You loved Me before the Creation of the World.
25
'Righteous Father,
Thought
the World does not know You, I know You,
And
they know that You have sent Me.
26
I HAVE MADE YOU KNOWN TO THEM,
AND
WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE YOU KNOWN
IN
ORDER THAT THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR ME
MAY
BE IN THEM
AND
THAT I MYSELF MAY BE IN THEM.'
(John
17:1-26)
Realize
that in Heaven All are ONE--
Perfectly
One.
The
Bride of Christ in every generation sought to be One
With
her Bridegroom, Christ Jesus,
Through
the Power of the Spirit.
The
only Hope that exists on this Earth
Is
Christ in us our Hope of Glory. (Colossians 1:27)
There
is No Other Hope--
Christ
living In and Through those who belong to Him.
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