Back while we were in Israel and studying the Bible, we took some time to watch a movie production of the book of John. It was one of the best "Jesus-movies" I've seen in a long time and you could really see the emotions in the characters. A particular passage really moved me the night we watched it. JOHN 17 Jesus is with his disciples in the upper soon praying this prayer to the father. His heart has such compassion and such love for the other men surrounding him in the room. You can really feel his desire, for them, and ultimately us, to really truly know him. To [know] him.. the way he knew the father,, such a more intimate level. read this passage and let this beautiful prayer that Jesus has prayed to the father on your behalf sink deep into your heart; that you will truly be able to see how much he loves you..
[verses 13-26] ...
13 “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.
20 “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.
22 “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.”
