Saturday, June 13, 2026 Prayers of Jesus: Prays for the Followers' Protection


This week's Prayer Starters walked us through the prayers of Jesus — from the start of His ministry right up to the end. Today and tomorrow step slightly out of order, but they tie directly into Sunday's sermon.

John 17 holds the longest prayer in the Bible, and this morning we're sitting with the heart of it:

"My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth." — John 17:15, 17

The night before the cross, Jesus wasn't praying for Himself. He was praying for the people He was about to leave behind.

He didn't ask God to remove them from hard things — He asked God to keep them through hard things. Not an easier road, but the holiness to walk the hard one. Their faithfulness mattered more to Him than their comfort.

That's intercession at its finest — selfless, specific, asking for what people need rather than what they want.

And here's the thing: He still prays this way for us. Not that we'd be spared the world, but that we'd be sustained and made holy right in the middle of it.

Lord Jesus, thank You for praying for me — not just then, but now. I ask for what You asked for Your disciples: protect me from the evil one, keep me faithful, and sanctify me in Your truth. And show me who I should be lifting up in prayer today with that same selfless, specific intercession...

Thank You, Jesus for being our example, In Your Name, I pray: Amen.


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