Day 11: John 17:14-19

14 “I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.”

Prayer Lesson: Jesus’ prayer for His disciples was that God would protect them from the world and from Satan. If we are really living the life of a disciple, there will be a target on our back. We will face persecution. We need God’s strength to endure. The temptation is to just live like ...