I have given them your message. But the world has hated them because they don’t belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I’m not asking you to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one. They don’t belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. “Use the truth to make them holy. Your words are truth. (John 17:14-17 GWT) In Jesus' prayer to His Father, believers are reminded that we are different than the people in the world around us. At least we are to be different in nature. How? By the truth of God being worked into our lives. God's truth will change us from day to day as we embrace God and His Word. ©Word-Strong_2013