- Read John 17
Try to condense chapter 17 into one sentence on a separate piece of paper
What are the 2 things you will remember most from this chapter?
Try to condense chapter 17 into one sentence on a separate piece of paper
What are the 2 things you will remember most from this chapter?
What is Jesus praying for all of us?
How does our unity make Jesus more credible to the world?
When have you seen a unity that could only be attributed to the Holy Spirit’s work?
Jesus asks the Father to sanctify us through the truth. Sanctify means ‘to set apart as or declare holy’.
How do you think the word helps you to be set apart?
Where, in your own life, are you prone to attack from satan? What are your weak spots?
Spend some time praying now asking the Spirit to make you wise and wary of your weaknesses, and for strength from his word.
Jesus explains that He has shown us the Father. Think back over the past 16 chapters of John- what is the Father like?
What do you think that we need to be protected from?
Pray, as Jesus asked the Father, that we, His followers, would be one.
How does Jesus give us eternal life? To whom?
What pops out to you as you read through this chapter?
Is there anything confusing or hard?
Jesus finishes chapter 16 by sharing that He has overcome the world.
All around us it seems there are struggles, excruciatingly hard situations, injustice, and pain.
Spend some time praying for what you see in your own world- realizing that Jesus has, indeed, overcome the world. In time, He will align all to His Kingdom.