Come with me to Christ's last night on earth and the greatest prayer ever prayed under heaven! It is also the longest prayer we have from Jesus. As we read the gospel of John, we see Jesus' grace demonstrated in saving sinners. We see his compassionate heart as he brings healing to sick people and food to the hungry. We meet his power revealed in raising the dead. There is no more heartening book in all scripture than this gospel. Every chapter is given for our benefit. In this book we find the love of God demonstrated and explained as nowhere else. Like a pinnacle, John 17 rises above the other high peaks in John's book. Here we are allowed to glimpse into Jesus' very soul. We never get any closer to someone than when we know about their prayer life. So it is not overstating anything to s…