Today's Verse: John 17:17

Sunday, November 18, 1962

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
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Thoughts on Today's Verse...

God's promises, God's Scriptures, and God's clearest message of all, his Son (Hebrews 1:1-2), are God's truth. But only the last of these is not only truth, but the embodiment of grace, deliverance, love, salvation, power, and redemption: Jesus Christ our Lord. He is Immanuel, God with us (Matthew 1:23). He is the living embodiment, the enfleshment of holy God in human form, the living Word (John 1:14-18). God sanctifies us, makes us clean and holy, as we obey the Father's truth revealed in Scripture. Those Scriptures reveal other ways God has worked to sanctify us. God does sanctify us through the work of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:16; 1 Cor. 6:11). God does sanctify us completely through the saving work of Jesus, the Son (1 Cor. 1:2; 1 Peter 1:2). As Jesus' disciples, we are blessed to experience God's words and Word in rich, meaningful ways. So, let's join Jesus and pray for each other to be sanctified by God's truth!

My Prayer...

O Father, please give us a holy passion to know your truth and live it in both word and deed. Please have our lives reflect your Word, who both proclaimed and lived your truth. In the name of Jesus, your ultimate Word, we pray. Amen.

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About This Devotional

Today's Verse is a free daily devotional that includes a Bible verse, thought and prayer.

The Thoughts and Prayer on Today's Verse are written by Phil Ware.

All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.