Preserving the Body

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). “ 1 Thessalonians 5v23

Our God is concerned about our bodies and what we do with it. One reason being that we belong to Him and our bodies are His temple. 1 Corinthians 6v19 & 20 (NLT) shows this quite clearly, saying “Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.” What then should we do with our bodies? Glorify and honor God with them. Make sure every member – mouth, eyes, ears, legs … glorifies Him. Romans 6v13 (TLB) says “Do not let any part of your bodies become tools of wickedness, to be used for sinning; but give yourselves completely to God – every part of you – for you are back from death and you want to be tools in the hands of God, to be used for His good purposes.” We need to make a decision to give God our bodies, and to honour Him with it, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, we can achieve this (Romans 8v13).

Supplementary Text

“I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.” Romans 12v1 (AMP)

Prayer

Our Father in heaven, we thank You for Your Spirit dwelling in us. We thank You for our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. We give you our bodies and present them as living sacrifices to You, holy and acceptable. We pray that our bodies will be preserved and found blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, that everything we do in our bodies will bring glory to You in Jesus name we pray, amen.