John 17: Jesus' Prayer

Blogging Through John Chapter 17

(John 17:1-5) After saying all these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you. ² For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him. ³ And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.⁴ I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. ⁵ Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.

If you lived in a perfect paradise, how horrible must it be to be brought back to Earth to live. Jesus wasn't excited about dying, but he was overjoyed to be going back home.

(John 17:6-8)“I have revealed you to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word. ⁷ Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, ⁸ for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.

I just love Jesus' heartfelt prayer to his Daddy. Are we heartfelt when we pray?

^{(John 17:9-12)} “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. ¹⁰ All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory. ¹¹ Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are. ¹² During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.

Jesus asked God to protect his people. I got goosebumps reading that. We are Jesus' people too, so he asked God to protect us. What an awesome verse!

^{(John 17:13-19)} “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy.¹⁴ I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. ¹⁵ I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. ¹⁶ They do not belong to this world any more than I do. ¹⁷ Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. ¹⁸ Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. ¹⁹ And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.

Jesus knew we all had to live in the world, in sin. He accepted it and didn't ask God to keep us away from it. But he did ask him to keep them (us) safe from the evil one Satan). Thank you, Jesus, for thinking of us.

(John 17:20-21)“I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. ²¹ I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.

Proof that Jesus cares for you! If you ever need it, memorize this verse or stick it on your fridge.

^{(John 17:22-26)} “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. ²³ I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.²⁴ Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!

²⁵ “O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. ²⁶ I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”

What an awesome and heartfelt prayer from Jesus. He truly loved/loves us.


God Bless You


~*~Kelly~*~