Have you ever had a boyfriend or girlfriend? I haven't. So this may be the weirdest Monday message yet hahaha. Also has the potential to be cool if you aren't in a relationship (like me). The world puts so much pressure on being in a relationship. If you are in one, then it pressures you to have sex. Who remembers Tim Tebow? This past weekend, his girlfriend, Supermodel Olivia Culpo dumped him over one simple thing. He wouldn't have sex with her. I can speak on behalf of most men when I say that most of us would give in to the pressure. That's why 5 years ago, I got a purity ring. It's a promise between God and I to not have sex before marriage. I, personally could not live with breaking a promise I made to my Maker, so it keeps me in check, even if the chance for me to have sex has not arose.
Today's bible reading comes from 1 Corinthians 6:12-20.
Today's bible reading comes from 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.
That reference has one of my favorite verses of all time. Your body is a temple. The world has made the body bad in very twisted ways. They've made people hate their bodies. They've sexualized bodies. The human body is the opposite of all of that. Its a very intricate, beautiful work that only God can create. Then you ask, "Why are some people deaf?," "Why do some people not have legs or arms?" God is good and some of those people he has used for very amazing opportunities. Nick Vujicic is a prime example of this. That was not my point though.
We have all struggled with being single. I'm no exception. I just finished Jamie Tworkowski's (founder of To Write Love On Her Arms) New York Times Best-Selling Book If You Feel Too Much. I highly recommend it, especially if you struggle with depression, suicide, self-worth, being single, etc. Towards the end, there was a quote that really stood out to me. It goes as follows: "There is still time for love to find you." It really hit me hard and him, being a 35-year-old Christian man who has struggled with the same stuff I am, it helps me stay positive. I hope it helps you too. This concludes the first series in Monday Messages.
Until Next Time, Alex
That reference has one of my favorite verses of all time. Your body is a temple. The world has made the body bad in very twisted ways. They've made people hate their bodies. They've sexualized bodies. The human body is the opposite of all of that. Its a very intricate, beautiful work that only God can create. Then you ask, "Why are some people deaf?," "Why do some people not have legs or arms?" God is good and some of those people he has used for very amazing opportunities. Nick Vujicic is a prime example of this. That was not my point though.
We have all struggled with being single. I'm no exception. I just finished Jamie Tworkowski's (founder of To Write Love On Her Arms) New York Times Best-Selling Book If You Feel Too Much. I highly recommend it, especially if you struggle with depression, suicide, self-worth, being single, etc. Towards the end, there was a quote that really stood out to me. It goes as follows: "There is still time for love to find you." It really hit me hard and him, being a 35-year-old Christian man who has struggled with the same stuff I am, it helps me stay positive. I hope it helps you too. This concludes the first series in Monday Messages.
Until Next Time, Alex
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