[:en]Our Daily Verse (5/24/20)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE: JOHN 17

“Father, the time has come.  Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you” (John 17:1)

“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one” (John 17:15)

“Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth” (John 17:17)

“I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 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” (John 17:20-21)

JESUS PRAYS FOR HIMSELF (vs. 1-5)

  1. That He may glorify God (v. 1)
  2. The He may give eternal life (v. 3)
  3. That He may complete the work given Him to do (v. 4)
  4. That the Father will glorify Him (v. 5)

JESUS PRAYS FOR HIS DISCIPLES (vs. 6-19)

  1.  Protect them by the power of my name so that they may be one as we are one (v. 11)
  2. That they may have the full measure of my joy with in them (v. 13)
  3. Not that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one (v. 15)
  4. Sanctify them by the truth (v. 17)

JESUS PRAYS FOR ALL BELIEVERS (vs. 20-26)

  1. That all of them may be one, just as you are in me and I am in you so that the world may believe that you have sent me (v. 21)
  2. That they be brought to complete unity and have loved them as you have loved me (v. 23)
  3. That those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory (v. 24)
  4. That the love you have for me may be in them that I myself may be in them” (v. 26)

SUMMARY:

This is the high priestly prayer of Jesus.  He prayed for Himself, for His disciples and for all believers.  For Himself, He prayed to glorify the Father and to give eternal life to mankind.  For His disciples, He prayed for unity, protection and joy.  For all believers, He prayed for unity, sanctity and winning of lost souls.

The gifts that Christ has given to us are:  eternal life (v. 2-3), the Word (v. 8, 14) and His glory (v. 22)

May we accept the gift of salvation, be sanctified by His word, win lost souls to Christ, be united as one of God’s people, seek God’s glory and experience His complete joy.[:]