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Week 24
Lessons 162-168 instruct us on obedience in our bodies.
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Overview:
- The Temple Of The Holy Spirit
- You Are What You Eat
- Training Your Body
- Mind
- Purity
- Living Sacrifice
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Primary Verse:
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:6
Secondary Verse:
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
Mark 1:35
Daily Lessons
Temple of the Holy Spirit-Day 162
May 24th, 2026
1 John 5:14-15“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of him.”Romans 8:26“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.”One o...
You Are What You Eat-Day 163
May 24th, 2026
1 Corinthians 6:19-20“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; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”Luke 2:52“And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.”In the Old Testament, the Temple was of tremendous importance to the Jews. Beginning very soon aft...
You Are What You Eat-Day 164
May 24th, 2026
1 Corinthians 10:31“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”1 Corinthians 6:19“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.”The “diet” industry is a gold mine in American culture. Books, pills, eating plans, and infomercials are all best-sellers and nearly every superma...
Training Your Body-Day 165
May 24th, 2026
1 Corinthians 10:31“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”1 Corinthians 6:19“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.”The “diet” industry is a gold mine in American culture. Books, pills, eating plans, and infomercials are all best-sellers and nearly every superma...
Mind-Day 166
May 24th, 2026
Luke 10:27“...Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind...”Psalm 90:12“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”Yogi Berra once said, “Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” While Yogi’s math might be a little off, he is right on target with the importance of training the mind.Our Cre...
Purity-Day 167
May 24th, 2026
1 Corinthians 6:13b“The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.”1 Corinthians 6:18“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.”The idea of controlling our sexual nature is often ridiculed in our current world culture. Throughout the New Testament, ho...
Living Sacrifice-Day 168
May 24th, 2026
Romans 12:1-2“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”So if our bodies b...