OUR DAILY BREAD : CLEARING OUT THE CLUTTER

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March 14
Saturday


CLEARING OUT
THE CLUTTER

READ:
1 Corinthians 6:12-20
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Do you not know that
your body is the temple
of the Holy Spirit who
is in you, whom you
have from God, and
you are not your own?
__1 Cor. 6:19
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My garage serves as "storage" for things that don't have a place in our home, and, frankly, there are times when I am ashamed to open the door. I don't want anyone to see the clutter. So, periodically, I set aside a workday to clean it up.

Our hearts and minds are a lot like that--they accumulate lots of clutter. As we rub shoulders with the world, inevitably, perhaps unknowingly, we pick up ungodly thoughts and attitudes. Thinking that life is all about "me." Demanding our rights. Reacting bitterly toward those whose have hurt us. Before long, our hearts and minds are no longer clean and orderly. And while we think we can hide the mess, eventually it will show.

Paul pointedly asked, "Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?" (1 Cor. 6:19)--which makes me wonder if God often feels like He is living in our messy garage.

Perhaps it's time to set aside a spiritual workday and, with His help, get to work clearing out the clutter. Discard those thoughts of bitterness. Bag up and throw out the old patterns of sensual thoughts. Organize your attitudes. Fill your heart with the beauty of God's Word. Make it clean to the core, and then leave the door open for all to see! __Joe Stowell
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`````````````````More like the Master I would ever be,`````````````
`````````````````More of His meekness, more humility;````````````
``````````````More zeal to labor, more courage to be true,``````````
``````````More consecration for work He bids me do. __Gabriel``````
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Don't let the Spirit reside in a cluttered heart.
Take some time to clean it up today!

**************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Corinthians 6:12-20*******

12 All things are lawful for
me, but all things are not
helpful. All things are
lawful for me, but I will not
be brought under the power
of any. 13 Foods for the
stomach and the stomach
for foods, but God will
destroy both it and them.
Now the body is not for
sexual immorality but for
the Lord, and the Lord for
the body. 14 And God both
raised up the Lord and will
also raise us up by His
power. 15 Do you not know
that your bodies are
members of Christ? Shall I
then take the members of
christ and make them
members of a harlot?
Certainly not! 16 Or do you
not know that he who is
joined to a harlot is one
body with her? For "the
two," He says, "shall
become one flesh." 17 But
he who is joined to the
Lord is one spirit with Him.

18 Flee sexual immorality.
Every sin that a man does is
outside the body, but he
who commits sexual
immorality sins against his
own body. 19 Or do you not
know that your body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit
who is in you, whom you
have from God, and you are
not your own? 20 For you
were bought at a price;
therefore glorify God in
your body and in your
spirit, which are God's.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Paul encourages us to "glorify God in our bodies" (1 Cor. 6:20).
Although we are saved from the penalty of sin at conversion, we still
sin in these bofdies and need daily cleansing to restore our fellowship
with God. First John 1:9 has been called "God's bar of soap": "If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Confessing and repenting help
us to reconnect with God. __Dennis Fisher