In today’s story from the Book of John, Jesus prays for His disciples, all of the people who ever have believed in Him, and everybody who will ever believe in Him! Isn’t that amazing? When Jesus prayed, He knew that He was going to go to the cross soon. He wanted to ask God to protect His disciples after He went back to Heaven. He asked God to help them to be brave and keep telling other people about Jesus even when they weren’t kind to them. He asked God to help them to be different from everyone else so that others would know that they loved God and followed Him.
Jesus also prayed for other people who would believe in Him and God one day. He knew that the disciples would tell other people about Him and God, and He wanted the disciples to have friends who could help them tell even more people!
Jesus prayed for everyone to know about Him so that they could also know about God - because Jesus is God’s Son! Now it’s our job to tell others about Jesus, too. Even though we live in this world, we don’t have to act like everyone around us. We should want to be like Jesus even when nobody around us is! Jesus will be with us always.
How can you be more like Jesus and less like everyone around you?
Who can you pray for this week who needs to follow Jesus?
Who can you tell about Jesus this week?
Prayer: God, thank You so much for sending Jesus to love me and teach me how to know You. Help me to be a good example to other people and show them how much You love them. Even though I live in this world, I want to be more like You! I want to pray for all of the people who don’t know about You and Your Son, Jesus. I want to tell everyone I know about You so that they can know You, too. I can’t wait to spend forever in Heaven with You and Jesus one day. I love You, God! In Jesus’ name, Amen.