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JANUARY 19, 2025 ~ FROM A PASTOR'S HEART

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JANUARY 19 DEVOTION BIBLE READING: 2 CORINTHIANS 7:1-12


We were created as humans with three major parts that make up the whole. As a human we have a body, a mind and a spirit (or soul). The Bible says “God create man out of the dust of the ground and breathed into him the breath of live and man became a living soul.”-Genesis 2:7. God created us the way we are and intends for us to be healthy and blessed as who He created us. It was a group called the Gnostic’s who taught that man could separate himself and his actions in one part of who he is and not affect the other part. In other words, man could do anything he wanted in the physical realm and it never affects his spirit, or his mind. This is not the teaching of the Scripture, because man cannot be separated from who he completely is. If we choose to sin, it affects all of who we are.


The Scriptures remind us, “As a man thinks, so is he.”-Proverbs 23:7. James tells us that sin begins within, that it progresses and touches every part of our being and if we continue in it, it will result in death. So, as I allow sin to grow in my mind, it will always affect my spirit and left unstopped it will manifest itself in my flesh. It is why we are told, “Take every thought captive…” and ”To think on that which is good, holy, and right…” It matters what we bring into our minds and bodies. Paul said our bodies are the temple of the living God…therefore, don’t involve them in sexual immorality, drunkenness and things that do not glorify God. Doing so not only affects us physically, but brings corruption to our minds and death to our spirits. All that we are, is to be holy unto God. We can never do something in one part of who we are without it impacting all of who we are. Take great care to nourish yourself everyday with what God has for your body, your mind and our spirit…it is then we will be healthy and full in the Lord.


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