Thurs.'s Devo - Sanctify Us by your Word

Read John 17 (again!)
I just keep finding nuggets in Jesus' prayer for us. Today's nugget is in verses 14-19. We are not of this world just like Jesus is not of this world. The world hated Jesus and they will hate us too. Jesus prayed that we would stay in the world but be kept from evil. "Evil" translates hurtful, evil influence or effect; calamity, disease, mischief, malice, the devil, or sinners. That is a pretty powerful statement. I think of all the calamity on the earth and wonder how Jesus is saving us from it. But he tells us how in verse 17. We are sanctified which means "made holy" through his word. We know that the weapons of our warfare are mighty to the pulling down of strongholds but do we know how to use this sword called the Word of God? Here is an easy lesson. The Word is alive and will accomplish what it is sent to do but you have to send it. In other words, when you are up against a problem you find a scripture about that specific problem and you pray it out loud. Put it on your mirror, in your refrigerator, across the TV, wherever you look and speak it out as often as you can. The Word will saturate you and build up your faith. Your proclamation will birth it into being. My husband prays the 91st Psalm out loud every day over me and evey one of family by name. I love him for that. I know that has kept us from the enemies' darts many times. The more Word you put in your heart the more soft your heart becomes toward God and the less you are tempted to stray. The more TV and filth you put in your mind, the harder it will be to stay sanctified....impossible. The Bible says to not even want to know what the evil do in secret. That about eliminates most of what you will see on TV.
Lord, give us a burning desire to read, proclaim, and eat your Word. We thirst for living waters.