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John 17:6-11

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

[6] “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. [7] Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. [8] For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. [9] I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. [10] All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. [11] I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.

Notes Outline

1. It is founded on truth.

2. It is shaped by its identity.

   1. The church is a community of people from this world that is in the this world and is for this world.

      1. It is a community that is inviting.

      2. It is a community that shows unity.

      3. It is a community that serves.

3. It is on a mission.

   1. “As one gets older, and parents and peers begin to die and the obituaries and the newspaper are no longer missives from a faraway place, but local letters. And one's own projects seem ever more pointless and ephemeral. Such moments of terror and incomprehension seem more frequent and more piercing, and I find as likely to arise in the middle of the day as the night."