I pray that now as never before both ministers and church members may come up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty powers of darkness. Study prayerfully the seventeenth chapter of John. This hapter is not only to be read again and again; its truths are to be eaten and assimilated. “For their sakes,” Christ prayed: “I sanctify Myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 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 17:19-23. {8T 80.1}

Jeg beder nu som aldrig før, at både prædikanter og menighedsmedlemmer må komme frem og få hjælp af Herren, hjælp af Herren mod mørkets mægtige kræfter. Studér Johannes syttende kapitel under bøn. Dette kapitel skal ikke blot læses igen og igen; dets sandheder skal spises og fordøjes. »Og jeg helliger mig selv for dem, for at også de må være helligede ved sandheden. Ikke alene for disse beder jeg, men også for dem, som ved deres ord kommer til tro på mig, at de alle må være ét, ligesom du, Fader! i mig og jeg i dig, at også de må være ét i os, så verden må tro, at du har sendt mig. Og den herlighed, du har givet mig, den har jeg givet dem, for at de skal være ét, ligesom vi er ét, jeg i dem og du i mig, for at de må være fuldkommen ét, så verden kan forstå, at du har sendt mig og har elsket dem, ligesom du har elsket mig.« Joh.17,19-23.