May 4, 2013
John 17:13 - 21 (NKJV)
"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."
Abba Father let there be no doubt among us that we have been called according to Your purpose to be in the world and not of the world, to have Your light, love, and forgiveness shine through us penetrating the darkness of the world so that many will come to know the saving knowledge of our Risen Lord and Savior Christ Jesus; it is in His name, the name above all names, that we pray. Amen.