For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
John 17:19 NIV
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Ephesians 5:25 NIV
As I was reading this morning in John I thought about how I, as a husband and a father, need to continue to seek God in order to sanctify my marriage and my family. I don't mean this as a guilt bomb, but, as a word of exhortation, an encouragement to push on, to go forward, to not give up.
I may not know exactly how, but the Holy Spirit will work. My role is to seek God. Every time I pray, alone, with my wife, with my children, the Spirit works to sanctify us. Every time I read the Bible and seek to do what it says the Spirit sanctifies me and my family. Every time I try to act in faith, to do something in Jesus' name, the Spirit works to sanctify me.
Our work is to believe in and seek Christ. His work is to send the Holy Spirit to sanctify us through and through.
Father, I pray that as we go out into the world today that you would protect us and use us to glorify your Name. Grant us at least one redemptive moment, action or conversation. Praise be to you in us today!
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