14 day plan

The Resilient Believer

Day 8 of 14

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1 Corinthians 6:19-20

19Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Reflection: Our physical bodies are the vessel the Holy Spirit dwells in; this verse reminds us that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. I want to honour God with my body. That means doing what I can to look after my physical health. While there will be some things out of my control (for example, from genetics) there are certainly things I can control – what I put in my mouth! What I eat, how much – am I eating healthy, nourishing foods – or junk! Am I doing enough regular exercise to look after this body of mine? Physical activity can help use up the energy (food and drink) we consume to help us maintain a healthy weight and improve our fitness. Exercising releases endorphins in the brain, which help us to feel good. Looking after my physical body is a way I can increase my physical sustainability – to be more resilient with whatever comes my way. We are fearfully and wonderfully made – our bodies are amazing, God’s handiwork. Let’s look after our bodies so we can live and serve to the best of our capacity for as long as we have breath.

Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for my physical body – a temple for the Holy Spirit. Help me make good choices in how I look after my body and be an example to others. May I glorify you with my body. Amen.

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1 Corinthians 6:1-20

Lawsuits Among Believers

1If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? 2Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? 3Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! 4Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? 5I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers? 6But instead, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!

7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? 8Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. 9Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Sexual Immorality

12“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” 17But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

18Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.