Day 5

Scripture to Read: John 17:13–19

Jesus continued His prayer for His eleven disciples. Jesus prayed this in John 17:13–19, “But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even 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, I also have sent them into the world. 19 For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.” Jesus knew everything He taught the disciples while He was with them so they would be filled with His joy. What Jesus taught them was God the Father’s Word. God’s Word changes lives, and Jesus, through His prayer, reminds us of how powerful God’s Word is to everyone who listens to and obeys it. Jesus knew the world would hate them, but He did not ask the Father to remove them but to keep them safe from the evil one. Rest assured, Christ is praying that for all of His followers today too (Romans 8:34, Hebrews 7:25). Also, Jesus gave Himself as a holy sacrifice so we could be made holy by God the Father’s Truth.

Challenge & Application

• What sticks out to you about Jesus’ prayer for His disciples and why? • How are you praying for yourself and other believers each day?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

Jesus had just finished speaking to His disciples in John 16, and then He began to pray openly to our Heavenly Father. Jesus knew His time had come to go to the cross. Before this time in Scripture, Jesus knew that His time had not yet arrived (John 2:4; 7:8; 7:30; 8:20). But since the perfect time was ordained by God the Father, Jesus said i...

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Day 2

Jesus then said to God the Father in John 17:4–5, “I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.” Jesus brought glory to God the Father by walking in complete obedience to the Father’s perfect...

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Day 3

Jesus knew the eleven disciples had always belonged to God the Father and that God the Father gave them to Jesus. Jesus said in John 17:6, “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.” Jesus had revealed God the Father to the eleven disciples,...

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Day 4

Jesus prayed very specifically just for the eleven disciples in John 17:9–12. Jesus said, “I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours; 10 and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11 I am no longer in the world; and ye...

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Day 5

Jesus continued His prayer for His eleven disciples. Jesus prayed this in John 17:13–19, “But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I do not...

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Day 6

As Jesus prayed for His eleven disciples, He also included everyone through the ages who would surrender to Him as Lord. Jesus prayed in John 17:20–21, “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; 21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be...

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Day 7

Jesus finished His prayer by praying (in John 17:23–26), “I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me...

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