“Father, I am not asking that you remove Loved One from the world, but I ask that you protect their heart against becoming self-focused, for they no longer belong to this world any more than I do.”

“Your Word is the Truth! So make Loved One holier by the truth. I have commissioned them to represent Me just as You commissioned Me to represent You. Now I dedicate myself to Loved One as a holy sacrifice so that they will live as fully dedicated to You as I am, and be made holy by Your truth.”

“I ask not only for Loved One but also for all those who will one day believe in Me because of how they will live and what they will say. Loved One will bring many to You and Your truth. I pray for all of them to be joined together as one, the same way You and I, Father, are joined together. I pray for them to become one with Us so that the world will recognize that You sent Me. The glory You have given to Me I have given to Loved One so that they will be joined together as one and experience the same unity that We enjoy. You live fully in Me and now I live fully in Loved One so that they will experience perfect unity. The world will be convinced that You have sent Me, for they will see that You love Loved One with the same passionate love that You have for Me.”

“Father, I ask that You allow Loved One whom You have given to Me to be with Me where I am! Then they will fully see My glory. The very splendor You have placed upon Me because You loved Me (and Loved One) even before the beginning of time.”

“You are My righteous Father, but the unbelieving world has never known You in the way that I know You! Loved One who believes in Me also knows that You have sent Me! I have revealed to Loved One who You are! I will continue to make You even more real to them! Loved One will continue to experience the same endless love that You have for Me, for Your love will now live in Loved One, even as I live in them! “

John 17:15-26, NAPSV