On His way to the cross, Jesus paused to pray. First, He prayed for himself and for his disciples, and then He prayed for you and me. His prayer was that His followers would walk in unity.

At the conclusion of Jesus' intimate time of preparing his disciples for his impending death, He pauses to pray.

As Jesus was preparing for his death, He told the disciples that they would grieve for a little while, but then they would rejoice. The joy that Jesus gives to His disciples is an everlasting joy that the world cannot take away.

Jesus gave His disciples a mission that was bigger than them. In fact, the mission is so big that His disciples need supernatural help to accomplish it.

Jesus told his disciples that the world would hate them because it hated Him. The same holds true for disciples of Jesus today. The question is: How do we handle the hatred of the world when it comes our way?

Anyone can claim to be a follower of Jesus, but Jesus gave us a way to measure whether or not our faith is real. If we truly have placed our faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior, then we WILL bear fruit.