S - John 17:15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world.
O - Jesus is about to ascend into heaven and is praying to the Father. He is specifically talking about His disciples here and asking God to be with them as they go out into the world and spread the good news.
A - Just as Jesus sent out the disciples into the world He has also sent me into the world through the great commission. As I am out in the world, God will be there to protect me, verse 15, as I don't belong to the world nor should I conform to the world, verse 16, and He will make me holy, verse 17. I need to be "out" in the world but not "of" the world. This means that I need to know what the world is and to be able to reach people that are in the world but still maintain a standard that is above the world; a standard of holiness and perfection that only God can achieve. Unless I raise my standards to be above the world and then always live by those standards I run the risk of being part of the world and that is exactly where the devil wants me to fall to as there he can steal, kill, and destroy.
P - God, I thank you for your son Jesus Christ. I thank you that He spoke so clearly to us and gave me a clear direction as to how we are to live in this world. I ask for your help and guidance in living my life everyday. I need your help and I surrender my worries, cares, anxieties, and selfish desires to you as I want to live a life that is holy and pleasing to you. Be with me and my family today as we live in the world but live a life that has a standard so far above the world. I pray also for your complete and swift healing to everyone in this house. Thank you for that healing and for your blessings over each and every one of us.
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