Short Term Lease

1 Corinthians 6:14-15a

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴ By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. ¹⁵ Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?

Responding to the Word

When Mrs. Carol and I were first married, we rented an apartment in the basement of my parent's house.  Rent was cheap and mom made great meals as a back up :) (Young married joke)  We tried to fix up the apartment by putting down carpet, painting the walls and even put a new bathroom in the place.  One thing we didn't do was "trash it."   It wasn't ours to trash.  We did our best to leave it better than we found it.  The Bible tells us that our bodies are not ours, but are "members of Christ."  So let's be careful of what we say, what we eat and especially what we see.  In a way, we are in a rental.  We do this especially because we "love the Landlord:)"

  

Praying in the Word

Father, Help us to conduct ourselves with love as we remember that we live for your Son, Jesus.  I pray that others see Jesus in our lives.  Thank you loving us with Your unending love.  In Jesus' Name, Amen