Tag - Purity

Man Up!

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Corinthians 6:20 You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. O-bservation: Paul was talking to believers who were battling the temptation of sexual immorality. He told them that they had been bought with a price, meaning the death and resurrection of the Lord. Consequently, Paul said, "Honor God with your bodies." A-pplication: Yes, the context of much of this chapter has to do with sexual immorality. Yet honoring God with our bodies includes health. Health sometimes is on us. If eating habits are horrible and weight is out of control, how...

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The Path Of Purity

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Psalm 119:9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. O-bservation: The most powerful king who ever lived (in my opinion) asks a question he then answers. He challenges us to answer the question, “How can a young person stay on The Path Of Purity.” He answers it by saying, “It’s by living according to the Word of God.” A-pplication: Let’s start by saying that staying on “The Path Of Purity” is no longer a driving force for young people today. Unless one’s challenge is a result...

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Man Up!

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Corinthians 6:20 You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. O-bservation: Paul was talking to believers who were battling the temptation of sexual immorality. He told them that they had been bought with a price, meaning the death and resurrection of the Lord. Consequently, Paul said, "Honor God with your bodies." A-pplication: Yes, the context of much of this chapter has to do with sexual immorality. Yet honoring God with our bodies includes health. Health sometimes is on us. If eating habits are horrible and weight is out of control, how...

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Sexual Holiness

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 4 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable. O-bservation: St. Paul prefaces his words to the young church at Thessalonica with this line. "It Is God's Will." What follows is an uncompromising statement, "You must be sanctified and you must avoid sexual immorality in order to live an honorable lifestyle before the Lord and others." A-pplication: This word sanctified has to do with separating ourselves from sin...

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