Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word; that they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.  And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one:  I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved Me.
John 17:20-23

In chapter 17 of the Gospel of John we have the longest prayer Jesus has recorded in Scripture. The only other prayers He prayed are those that were prayed when was asking the Father to raise the dead Lazarus or to heal a certain individual.

The so called “Lord’s Prayer” was an instruction of how we ought to pray.

What catches my attention in this seventeenth chapter of John is; not only is He praying for Himself His praying for His followers – those who believe in Him – as well. He was not only praying those present day followers but for all who would believe through their preaching and teaching His word.

He prayed for us all to be one as He and His Father are One. If there was ever a day when the people of God needed to be one in Christ Jesus it is now. All politics within Christ people must stop. All hatred and bitter talk must come to a swift end, or there will be  even greater division.

Notice also that God loves us, as He loves His only begotten Son.