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I have printed below “the other Lord’s prayer” for prayerful meditation. This is what Jesus prayed not
only for His original 12 disciples, but as it plainly states in this very prayer, “ I do not pray for these
alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word’” (Jn. 17:20). In essence, this is Jesus’
personal prayer for you and for me. This is what He desires to see fulfilled in our lives while we await
His coming for us;

“JESUS SPOKE THESE WORDS, LIFTED UP HIS EYES TO HEAVEN,
AND SAID: ‘FATHER, THE HOUR HAS COME. GLORIFY YOUR SON,
THAT YOUR SON ALSO MAY GLORIFY YOU, AS YOU HAVE GIVEN
HIM AUTHORITY OVER ALL FLESH, THAT HE SHOULD GIVE
ETERNAL LIFE TO AS MANY AS YOU HAVE GIVEN HIM. AND THIS
IS ETERNAL LIFE, THAT THEY MAY KNOW YOU, THE ONLY TRUE
GOD, AND JESUS CHRIST WHOM YOU HAVE SENT. I HAVE
GLORIFIED YOU ON THE EARTH. I HAVE FINISHED THE WORK
WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN ME TO DO. AND NOW, O FATHER,
GLORIFY ME TOGETHER WITH YOURSELF, WITH THE GLORY
WHICH I HAD WITH YOU BEFORE THE WORLD WAS.
I HAVE MANIFESTED YOUR NAME TO THE MEN WHOM YOU
HAVE GIVEN ME OUT OF THE WORLD. THEY WERE YOURS, YOU
GAVE THEM TO ME, AND THEY HAVE KEPT YOUR WORD. NOW
THEY HAVE KNOWN THAT ALL THINGS WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN
ME ARE FROM YOU. FOR I HAVE GIVEN TO THEM THE WORDS
WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN ME; AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEM,
AND HAVE KNOWN SURELY THAT I CAME FORTH FROM YOU;
AND THEY HAVE BELIEVED THAT YOU SENT ME.
I PRAY FOR THEM. I DO NOT PRAY FOR THE WORLD BUT FOR THOSE WHOM YOU HAVE GIVEN ME, FOR
THEY ARE YOURS. AND ALL MINE ARE YOURS, AND YOURS ARE MINE, AND I AM GLORIFIED IN THEM.
NOW I AM NO LONGER IN THE WORLD, BUT THESE ARE IN THE WORLD, AND I COME TO YOU. HOLY
FATHER, KEEP THROUGH YOUR NAME THOSE WHOM YOU HAVE GIVEN ME, THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS
WE ARE. WHILE I WAS WITH THEM IN THE WORLD, I KEPT THEM IN YOUR NAME. THOSE WHOM YOU
GAVE ME I HAVE KEPT; AND NONE OF THEM IS LOST EXCEPT THE SON OF PERDITION, THAT THE
SCRIPTURE MIGHT BE FULFILLED. BUT NOW I COME TO YOU, AND THESE THINGS I SPEAK IN THE WORLD,
THAT THEY MAY HAVE MY JOY FULFILLED IN THEMSELVES. 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. I
DO NOT PRAY THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD, BUT THAT YOU SHOULD KEEP THEM
FROM THE EVIL ONE. THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, JUST AS I AM NOT OF THE WORLD. SANCTIFY
THEM BY YOUR TRUTH. YOUR WORD IS TRUTH. AS YOU SENT ME INTO THE WORLD, I ALSO HAVE SENT
THEM INTO THE WORLD. AND FOR THEIR SAKES I SANCTIFY MYSELF, THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE
SANCTIFIED BY THE TRUTH.
I DO NOT PRAY FOR THESE ALONE, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE WHO WILL BELIEVE IN ME THROUGH THEIR
WORD; THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE, AS YOU, FATHER, ARE IN ME, AND I IN YOU; THAT THEY ALSO MAY
BE ONE IN US, THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU SENT ME. AND THE GLORY WHICH YOU GAVE
ME I HAVE GIVEN THEM, THAT THEY MAY BE ONE JUST AS WE ARE ONE: I IN THEM, AND YOU IN ME;
THAT THEY MAY BE MADE PERFECT IN ONE, AND THAT THE WORLD MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SENT
ME, AND HAVE LOVED THEM AS YOU HAVE LOVED ME.
FATHER, I DESIRE THAT THEY ALSO WHOM YOU GAVE ME MAY BE WITH ME WHERE I AM, THAT THEY
MAY BEHOLD MY GLORY WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN ME; FOR YOU LOVED ME BEFORE THE FOUNDATION
OF THE WORLD. O RIGHTEOUS FATHER! THE WORLD HAS NOT KNOWN YOU, BUT I HAVE KNOWN YOU;
AND THESE HAVE KNOWN THAT YOU SENT ME. AND I HAVE DECLARED TO THEM YOUR NAME, AND WILL
DECLARE IT, THAT THE LOVE WITH WHICH YOU LOVED ME MAY BE IN THEM, AND I IN THEM.’”

John Chapter 17

There is immense revelation in this prayer. It is worth careful scrutiny for much of what Jesus
expresses is not the common understanding the Body of Christ has pertaining to these topics. In other
words, the Body of Christ on earth is not in touch with the head which is Christ (Col.1:18).

In reading this prayer you cannot help but note the repetitious use of the words “world” and “one.”
These two are the predominate themes in this revelational prayer. God has a purpose for us as we live
in this world. He wants us to demonstrate the same “oneness” bond that He demonstrated with His
Father while He was in the world. It is such faith that overcomes the world (1 Jn. 5:4-5).