PRAY: Father, as I listen for your direction today, please show me your will that I may make it my own. Let my thoughts be your thoughts.
READ: 1 Corinthians 6:9–11
MEDITATE:
Here, Paul reminds the Corinthians that although they now enjoy the benefit of God’s grace on them (6:11), they were not always so privileged. Those listed here can all be grouped together in this way: men and women whose lifestyles are saturated by habitual, ungodly behavior. Paul is asking the people of Corinth to look at their own hearts while they make assessments regarding the depravity of those outside the church. This is the second reminder from Paul to the Corinthians, in chapter 6, of their humanity (v. 8).
Questions and Application:
- What does this passage say?
- What does this passage mean? Read verse 11. What is your testimony? What difference has Christ made in your life?
PRAY: Father, when we come into contact with people whose lives are permeated by sin and selfishness, help us to examine ourselves first, and allow us to remember the chains that you cut from our own ankles so that we might reach out to them and call them to you.