9.26.2007

God In You. John 17:15-23

God has set us apart for a divine purpose. We once were just for common use, but now we belong to the One true God, and he has a plan for us. The plan is not too difficult. You may think, hmm...a plan from the creator of the universe, that must be pretty tricky. Here's the good news: the power of God lives in you to do the thing which you've been called to do! Isn't that great? You can complete the task because God lives in you.

John 17:15-23
15My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

20"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

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