“Do 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”(1 Cor. 6:19) July 20-26, 2015 General Theme: “Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with god and men.” General Objective: To assimilate that to form Jesus in our lives and in the lives of others imply that we integrate the Word of God in all dimensions of our life. Objective of the week: To open our minds to the reality of the presence of God in us; Jesus assumed our whole humanity Body and spirit. To glorify God with our bodies
IntroductionLast week we contemplated Jesus and we were taught on how we need to guard our hearts in front of the many things that may drift our attention to what is misleading and not satisfying. This week, we put focus on our body and how important to be open to the dwelling of the Holy Spirit, we knew from the very beginning how God gave us the Holy Spirit when God breathe our first parent to life. From then, the Holy Spirit dwells in us yet with God’s gift of free will somehow we cross the boundary of letting the Holy Spirit leaves, unfortunately we are consider not only the dwelling place but the temple of the Holy Spirit that by all means the Holy Spirit should protect to keep it safe. Our human body is just so valuable that we need to take good care of not only the physical but most importantly the Spiritual. By all means we need to clean and purify our intentions to be aligned to what God prepared for us by listening to HIS words regularly and integrating everything that is necessary in living a life that is pleasing to God. We need to strive and remember always that throughout our life, we need to be fruitful and do have all the opportunities to keep our body the place where God our father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit dwells. MondayGod Gives Us the Holy SpiritHope does not disappoint us because the Holy Spirit has been given to us pouring into our hearts the love of God. Romans 5:5 From the first time we breathe, God knows that we are in need of him to sustain in our journey. Thus HE gave us the very life we need through the Holy Spirit, we may not knew HIM but HE is always present and a part of us. TuesdayGod Dwells in UsDo you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 1 Cor 3:16 “Do 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” 1 Cor. 6:19 God dignified our humanity for giving it the greatest value of which HE considers for his dwelling, how blessed are we that our bodies were designed by God in his likeness and image and HE considers us beautiful. Are we giving honor and dignity to our body as God did for us? WednesdayGod's Dwelling Impels Us To Do What Is RightWe know that the law is spiritual; as for me, I am flesh and have been sold to sin. I cannot explain what is happening to me, because I do not do what I want, but on the contrary, the very things I hate. Well then if I do the evil I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good; but in this case I am not the one striving toward evil, but it is sin, living in me. I know that what is right does not abide in me, I mean, in my flesh. I want to do what is right, but I am unable to do it. In fact I do not do the good I want, but the evil I hate. Therefore, if I do what I do not want to do, I am not the one striving towards evil but sin which is in me.
Romans 7: 14-20 Every day in our life, Inside of us, there is always a battle to conquer, flesh against the spirit. We are in dilemma several times in choosing what the spirit wills and what the body wants, this simply means that the spirit is alive in us and we should be thankful else we are enslave by our sins. Are we courageous enough to let the spirit wins in our inner battle? Comments are closed.
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