1. Praying Like Jesus

2. Jesus: "I pray for these followers, but I am also praying for all those who will believe in Me because of their teaching.” J OHN 17:20 ( NCV )

3. Praying Like Jesus Prayer principle 1: Spiritual maturity is evident when I pray about the priorities Jesus prayed about

4. Jesus’ 1 st priority: our relationship with God Jesus: “They belong to You.”J OHN 17:6 ( NIV )

5. Jesus’ 1 st priority: our relationship with God 1.That I might have the assurance of salvation “This is the way to have eternal life – to know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one You sent to earth.” J OHN 17:3 ( NLT )

6. Jesus’ 1 st priority: our relationship with God 1.That I might have the assurance of salvation “My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God's Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion.” 1 J OHN 5:13 ( MSG ; compare J OHN 20:31)

7. Jesus’ 1 st priority: our relationship with God 1.That I might have the assurance of salvation 2. That I might experience God’s love intimately “I made You known to them, and I will continue to do so, in order that the love You have for Me may be in them.”John 17:26 ( TEV )

8. Jesus’ 1 st priority: our relationship with God 1.That I might have the assurance of salvation 2. That I might experience God’s love intimately “Your love is always there for those who pray to You.” P SALM 86:5 ( CEV )

9. Jesus’ 1 st priority: our relationship with God 1.That I might have the assurance of salvation 2. That I might experience God’s love intimately 3. That I might know Christ’s joy continually “I pray these things while I'm still in the world so that they will have the same joy that I have.” J OHN 17:13 ( GWT )

10. Jesus’ 1 st priority: our relationship with God 1.That I might have the assurance of salvation 2. That I might experience God’s love intimately 3.That I might know Christ’s joy continually “I have told you these things so that you will be filled with My joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!” J OHN 15:11 ( NLT )

11. Jesus’ 2 nd priority: our mission in the world Jesus: “In the same way that You gave Me a mission in the world, I give them a mission in the world.” J OHN 17:18 ( MES )

12. Jesus’ 2 nd priority: our mission in the world 4. That I might grow mature spiritually “Your word is the truth. So let this truth make them completely Yours.” J OHN 17:17 ( CEV )

13. Jesus’ 2 nd priority: our mission in the world 4. That I might grow mature spiritually “I'm not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.” J OHN 17:15 ( NLT )

14. Jesus’ 2 nd priority: our mission in the world 4. That I might grow mature spiritually 5.That I might connect deeply with believers “My prayer for all of them is that they will be one, just as You and I are one, Father – that just as You are in Me and I am in You, so they will be in Us, and the world will believe you sent Me.” J OHN 17:21 ( NLT )

15. Jesus’ 2 nd priority: our mission in the world 4.That I might grow mature spiritually 5.That I might connect deeply with believers 6. That I might serve Christ effectively “Make them ready for Your service through Your truth; Your teaching is truth.” J OHN. 17:17 ( NCV )

16. Praying Like Jesus Prayer principle 1: Spiritual maturity is evident when I pray about the priorities Jesus prayed about! Prayer principle 2: When I pray Jesus’ prayers after Him, I receive what I’ve been looking for all along!