While reading the Our Daily Bread Devotional for May 4, 2017, the Insight spoke about Jesus praying on behalf of His believers of that time and those who were to come which included us.

I had no idea that Jesus himself prayed for us leading up to His crucifixion. Isn't that amazing! We should not take it lightly when we hear persons say that Jesus thought of us and all other generations to come when He was crucified because He truly was and also was praying for us.

This is a passage from the Bible from John 17 with Jesus' prayer for us to the Lord.

Jesus Prays to be Glorified

1 After Jesus finished saying this, he looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you.

2 For you gave Him authority over all humanity, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

3 And eternal life means knowing you, the only true God, and knowing Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

4 I have shown your glory on earth; I have finished the work you gave me to do.

5 Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

6 "I have made you known to those you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They have obeyed your word,

7 and now they know that everything you gave me comes from you.

8 I gave them the message that you gave me, and they received it; they know that it is true that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me.

9 "I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those you gave me, for they belong to you.

10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine; and my glory is shown through them.

11 And now I am coming to you; I am no longer in the world. Holy Father! Keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one just as you and I are one.

12 While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man that was bound to be lost — so that the scripture might come true.

13 And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they might have joy in their hearts in all its fullness.

14 I gave them your message, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world.

15 I do not ask you to take them out of the world, but I do ask you to keep them safe from the Evil One.

16 Just as I do not belong to the world, they do not belong to the world.

17 Dedicate them to yourself by means of the truth; your word is truth.

18 I sent them into the world, just as you sent me into the world.

19 And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly dedicated to you.

Jesus Prays for All His Believers

20 "I pray not only for them, but also for those who believe in me because of their message.

21 I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe that you sent me.

22 I gave them the same glory you gave me, so that they may be one, just as you and I are one:

23 I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.

24 "Father! You have given them to me, and I want them to be with me  where I am, so that they may see my glory, the glory you gave me; for you loved me before the world was made.

25 Righteous Father! The world does not know you, and these know that you sent me.

26 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, and so that I also may be in them."

Isn't that awesome that Jesus himself prayed for us even before we were born, to the Lord? I don't know about you but that makes me feel even more special and you should feel the same.

Continuously throughout His prayer, Jesus keeps saying you are in me and I am in you. The you that Jesus keeps mentioning is God. In the the last verse Jesus ends by saying so I also may be in them. Imagine that when we accepted Jesus into our heart we also accepted the Lord because God is in Jesus and Jesus is in God and when Jesus is in us, God is also in us.

If we live continuously Godly life, dedicating ourselves to God everyday, praying to Him, reading His word and sharing him with those who do not know Him God will always be with us even in the times we feel like He is not there.

Sure persons will hate us became we are 'Jesus freaks' but Jesus reassures by saying,

"If the world hates you, just remember that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you." ~ John 15: 18-19

So yes the world will always hate you even if they don't admit it. Remember we are only passing through. This is only our temporary home.