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We find Jesus’ longest prayer in John 17. The prayer models many things for us. It consists of 3 parts and 7 petitions.
In part 1 Jesus prays for himself. He offers 2 petitions, each a mirror of the other (John 17:1, 5):
1When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,
5And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.”
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