THE UPPER ROOM DEVOTIONAL 20TH MAY 2025, TUESDAY MESSAGE
Read The Upper Room Devotional 20th May 2025 written by Paul C. Grafton (Pennsylvania, USA)
TOPIC: Temple Maintenance
Today’s Reading
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. – 2 Corinthians 6:16 (NIV)
One day during morning devotions, I was thanking God for living in me. I thought about Paul saying that our bodies belong to God, calling the body God’s temple. When I went to do my exercises that morning, I decided that I would call them “temple maintenance.”
Words are powerful. Temple maintenance is a lot more fun when I am thinking about doing it for God than it was when I just called it exercise. Now I have not missed a day, except for Sundays.
It was a natural progression to start calling my morning devotions “inner-temple maintenance.” Doing the outside maintenance is still a hard job, but I am hoping that as I continue, it will get easier. The joy that I receive throughout each day from my glimpses of God and hearing the Holy Spirit speak to me are the blessings of keeping a well-maintained temple.
Today’s Prayer
Thank you, Jesus, for the miracle of the Holy Spirit living in us. Give us the courage to tell others the difference the Spirit makes in our lives so that they can experience your love and grace. As you taught us we pray, “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil” (Luke 11:2-4, KJV). Amen.
Thought for the Day
Caring for my mind and body is one way of honoring God.
Prayer Focus
Someone starting an exercise routine
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