Harm is the word used in the New International Version, but the New King James Version translates this part of the prayer, evil. Jesus taught us to say, Deliver us from evil in his prayer. Actually, in the NIV, the translation says, deliver us from the evil one . I believe the fleeting thought I had in McDonald s that evening was from the deceiver. Satan would also like us to become involved in evil activity ourselves, so that our Christian witness would become completely un-productive.
Evil is real and the spiritual warfare for the lost sheep is real.
We live in New Age territory where people become involved in all sorts of un-Christian activity. We not only need deliverance and protection from evil ourselves, but so do many of the lost sheep in our area. Jesus words to us to Go and make disciples means that we must claim the territory and the lost sheep for Jesus. We can t do this on our own. Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil.