Daily DEVOTIONAL

John 17:20-26: Love and Unity

December 12, 2025

Obadiah 1-21, Job 33:12-33, John 17:20-26, Revelation 9 John 17:20-26: Jesus’ great prayer also encompasses those who will believe in him. Extraordinary thought: Jesus has in his prayers also those who are not-yet-Christians, but who will become Christians through the testimony, the message, the “word” that Christians deliver. It is easy perhaps to only pray…

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