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   [32] Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered,   
   every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone,   
   because the Father is with me.   
   [33] These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In   
   the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome   
   the world.   
      
   John 17   
      
   The Prayer of Jesus   
      
   1 (Jn 11:41; 7:39) When Jesus spoke these words, He lifted His eyes toward   
   heaven and said:   
   "Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son,   
   that Your Son may also glorify You.   
   2 (Jn 6:37; 6:39) As You have given Him authority over all flesh,   
   He will give eternal life to all whom You have given Him.   
   3 (1Jn 5:20; Jn 3:17; 17:25) This is eternal life: that they may know You,   
   the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.   
   4 (Jn 4:34; 19:30) I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work   
   You have given Me to do.   
   5 (Jn 17:24; Php 2:6) And now, O Father, glorify Me in Your own presence   
   with the glory which I had with You before the world existed.   
   6 (Jn 17:2; 17:26) "I have revealed Your name to the men whom You have given   
   Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have   
   kept Your word.   
   7 Now they know that all things You have given Me are from You.   
   8 (Jn 16:27; 17:14) For I have given them the words which You gave Me.   
   They have received them and certainly know that I came from You,   
   and they have believed that You sent Me.   
   9 (Lk 22:32; Jn 14:16) I pray for them. I do not pray for the world,   
   but for those whom You have given Me. For they are Yours.   
   10 (2Th 1:10) All that are Mine are Yours, and all that are Yours are Mine.   
   And I am glorified in them.   
   11 (Jn 13:1; 17:21-22) I am to be no longer in the world, though these are   
   in the world, for I am coming to You. Holy Father, through Your name keep   
   those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are one.   
   12 (Jn 13:18; 18:9; 2Th 2:3) While I was with them in the world, I kept them   
   in Your name. I have kept those whom You have given Me. And none of them   
   is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.   
   13 (Jn 3:29; 15:11) "But now I am coming to You, and I say these things   
   in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.   
   14 (Jn 8:23; 17:16) I have given them Your word. And the world has hated them   
   because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.   
   15 I do not pray that You should take them out of the world,   
   but that You should keep them from the evil one.   
   16 (Jn 17:14) They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.   
   17 (Jn 15:3; 2Sa 7:28) Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.   
   18 (Jn 20:21) As You sent Me into the world, so I sent them into the world.   
   19 (Jn 10:36; 1Co 1:2) For their sakes I sanctify Myself,   
   that they also may be sanctified by the truth.   
   20 "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me   
   through their word,   
   21 (Jn 10:38; 17:8) that they may all be one, as You, Father, are in Me,   
   and I in You. May they also be one in Us, that the world may believe that   
   You have sent Me.   
   22 (Jn 1:14; 14:20) I have given them the glory which You gave Me, that they   
   may be one even as We are one:   
   23 (Jn 16:27; 17:21) I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfect in   
   unity, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved   
   them as You have loved Me.   
   24 (Jn 12:26; 17:5) "Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me,   
   be with Me where I am, that they may see My glory which You have given Me.   
   For You loved Me before the creation of the world.   
   25 (Jn 7:29; 15:21) "O righteous Father, the world has not known You,   
   but I have known You, and these have known that You sent Me.   
   26 (Jn 15:9; 17:6) I have declared Your name to them, and will declare it,   
   that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."   
      
   [1] These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said,   
   Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify   
   thee:   
   [2] As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal   
   life to as many as thou hast given him.   
   [3] And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,   
   and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.   
   [4] I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou   
   gavest me to do.   
   [5] And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory   
   which I had with thee before the world was.   
   [6] I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the   
   world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy   
   word.   
   [7] Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of   
   thee.   
   [8] For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have   
   received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they   
   have believed that thou didst send me.   
   [9] I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast   
   given me; for they are thine.   
   [10] And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.   
   [11] And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I   
   come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast   
   given me, that they may be one, as we are.   
   [12] While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that   
   thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of   
   perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.   
   [13] And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that   
   they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.   
   [14] I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they   
   are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.   
   [15] I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that   
   thou shouldest keep them from the evil.   
   [16] They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.   
   [17] Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.   
   [18] As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into   
   the world.   
   [19] And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be   
   sanctified through the truth.   
   [20] Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe   
   on me through their word;   
   [21] That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee,   
   that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast   
   sent me.   
   [22] And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be   
   one, even as we are one:   
   [23] I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and   
   that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou   
   hast loved me.   
   [24] Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me   
   where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for   
   thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.   
   [25] O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known   
   thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.   
   [26] And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the   
   love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.   
      
   2) Our Daily Bread for 2 November 2025 titled   
      
   The Paradox of Persecution  by Dave Branon   
      
   Acts 7:59–8:8   
      
   The Stoning of Stephen   
      
   59 (Ps 31:5; Lk 23:46) They stoned Stephen as he was calling on God,   
      
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