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John chapter 17 records Jesus’ prayer as he and the apostles left the upper room after the Passover and walked toward the garden of Gethsemane. This prayer is a tremendous study in the interrelationship between God, man, and Jesus’s pivotal role within that relationship. Jesus' words also reveal his desire to honor not only the father but us as well.

There is a very telling phrase in verse 10, “…and I am glorified in them.” In the statements just before this, Jesus speaks of how those of us who believe his words know they are truth from the Father and that Jesus is who he says, the Son of God. Because of our recognition of Jesus as the Son, he prays for our safety within that relationship, “all these that are mine are yours and yours are mine…”

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