Read 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
12 Someone
will say, “I am allowed to do anything.” Yes; but not everything is good for
you. I could say that I am allowed to do anything, but I am not going to let
anything make me its slave. 13Someone else will say, “Food is for
the stomach, and the stomach is for food.” Yes; but God will put an end to both.
The body is not to be used for sexual immorality, but to serve the Lord; and
the Lord provides for the body. 14God raised the Lord from death,
and he will also raise us by his power.
15 You
know that your bodies are parts of the body of Christ. Shall I take a part of
Christ’s body and make it part of the body of a prostitute? Impossible! 16Or
perhaps you don’t know that the man who joins his body to a prostitute becomes
physically one with her? The scripture says quite plainly, “The two will become
one body.” 17But he who joins himself to the Lord becomes
spiritually one with him.
18
Avoid
immorality. Any other sin a man commits does not affect his body; but the man
who is guilty of sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19Don’t
you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and
who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves but to God; 20he
bought you for a price. So use your bodies for God’s glory.
Think
"Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit." I most often hear
that when someone moans about smoking etc.
But what about the positive of this phrase. Your body is God's chosen and sacred dwelling
place in the world.
Pray
Lord, I'm not the most magnificent temple - but you chose me - help me to
be a priest to my body; allowing your presence to more fully fill my heart and
life today.
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