Now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in them. I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. I sanctify myself for them, so that they also may be sanctified by the truth. —John 17:13-19

• Read through the passage in two different translations.
• As you heard the Scripture, what stood out to you?
• How do you see the significance of Jesus praying for your joy?
• Why do you feel Jesus prayed for his disciples to be protected?
• How does it encourage you that Jesus prayed for your sanctification?
• Discuss the implications of Demetrius’ statement, “While our actions may fail, Jesus prays that our faith may not fail.”
• How does the reality that Jesus is interceding for you impact you?