“But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.  Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man
commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body” (1
Corinthians 6:17-18).

Sin compounds as it goes
inward.  Ultimately, sin ends up tearing
down such that the man becomes nothing. 
Sin seeks to erase the image of God which is in each person.  If this were possible, man would be
nothing.  Pride, the inward sin, destroys
and eternally kills.  Join with the Lord
and be as He would have you be.  Know
that He will make you into the image of Christ.

Lord, teach me the greater things that I would learn to abide in You
knowing that You are abiding in me. 
Guide me according to Your truth that I would walk in Your ways all the
days of my life.  Lead me, O Lord, that I
may be led by You and not by myself or any other.  Guide me according to Your Word to live into
the calling You have given me, for You are the Creator of all life.

Lord Jesus, You have come to lead
the way.  In You alone is the hope of
every human.  Guide me this day in the
upward call You have given me.  Abiding
in me, walk with me each step, teaching me to walk with You each step that I
may learn what You would teach me this day. 
Help me now and always to see through the sin of this world in order to
cling to You alone.  Amen.

“Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then
take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it
never be!  Or do you not know that the
one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “The
two shall become one flesh” (1 Corinthians 6:15-16).

Through the Lord we are made
family in the body of Christ.  The Lord
intends a tight and everlasting bond.  You
choose your friends, but your family are chosen for you.  This is why the Lord teaches us to pray, “Our
Father.”  The Lord has a reason for why
He does what He does.  He has reasons for
all of His laws.  Come to the Lord and learn
from Him that You may walk in His ways and be His family.

Lord, I make things more difficult than they need to be.  I also do not live as though everything is
Yours and all things are in Your hands. 
Guide me, O Lord, in the way of truth that I may now and always live
according to Your purposes.  Teach me
Your ways, Lord, that I would walk with You now and forever in the way of truth
which You established from the beginning.

Lord Jesus, You know the
struggles I have in this life.  Lead me O
Lord in the way You know I need to go that I would now and always walk with
You.  Abide in me so that I may see in
You those things I need and follow in Your example.  Teach me to become as You lived, knowing that
what I will be shall be revealed, but that I will then be like You.  Amen.

“Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do
away with both of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord,
and the Lord is for the body.  Now God
has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power” (1
Corinthians 6:13-14).

Get your priorities
straight.  We live in a time that accentuates
the physical pleasures, and living for what feels good.  This is not helpful; it is destructive.  When you do not have the right priorities,
you wander and stray.  The Lord comes and
asks you to follow Him, and you will need your full attention to be on
Him.  Come then and learn to not be
distracted by this world.

Lord, help me to clear my mind that I may see the many ways I am attracted
to those things which grab my attention. 
Lead me to learn to meditate and ponder on the greater things.  Guide me in Your goodness to know that in You
is all hope.  May I learn to listen as
You speak, go where you send me, and do what You would have me do.  Lead me in the way of salvation.

Lord Jesus, You alone are the
Savior.  In You alone is there hope.  You have modeled the godly life and called
for me to follow You.  Lead me in the way
I should go that I may now and always abide in Your teaching.  Grant that I would be an example of godly
living, practicing what You give me to do so that others may know that I am
Yours.  Lead me, Lord, wherever You know
I need to go.  Amen.

“Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified,
but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit
of our God. All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable.
All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything” (1
Corinthians 6:11-12).

Notice what is said here.  The law no longer matters: not in the sense
of its condemnation.  All baptized and
walking in forgiveness by the cleansing blood of Jesus are among the
redeemed.  Do not live in the former way,
but into the upward call of the Lord Jesus. 
Learn to become like Him and grow in His likeness.  This is the calling for everyone who walks in
the way of truth.

Lord, I want to make laws out of everything.  I see a pattern and then want to say that
this is the way things are.  Instead,
help me to look to You knowing that You alone know all things and are shaping
the universe according to Your will. 
Lead me, O Lord, in the way of goodness that I would now and always
humbly abide in You as You abide in me, walking ever closer with You into
eternity.

Lord Jesus, You alone have paid
the price for all of my sins.  It really
doesn’t matter that I can’t fully keep the Law as long as I am walking,
abiding, and dwelling in Your forgiveness. 
Lead me today and every day according to Your goodness that I would
humbly abide with You and You with me. 
Lift me up to see more clearly that I would not fall into the traps of
the wicked one, but walk freely with You. 
Amen.

“Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom
of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Corinthians
6:9-10).

Is your identity in yourself, or is it in the Lord?  Do you live working to gain what you desire, or are you living abiding in the Lord?  This is not some law re-expressed.  This is a declaration of living in the salvation which Christ alone makes possible.  Are those who “were” going to be in heaven?  Yes, because that will include all of us.  The question is: what is your identity?

Lord, help me see that there is not a particular lifestyle that is damning, for they all are.  We are sinners in need of redemption.  Lead me into the life that knows that true life is found only in You.  Guide me to simply abide in You and You in me.  Help me to see that salvation is not by merit or chosen lifestyle, but through the shed blood of Christ.  I need to be led in righteousness.

Holy Spirit, guide me according to Your goodness in the way of everlasting life.  I too am included in this list.  Remove from me those behaviors in my life which hamper my godly growth so that I may learn to simply abide in Your grace and mercy.  Grant me honesty in my spirit to see that only by Your leading will I overcome these things that have separated me from You.  Holy Spirit, lead me now and forever.  Amen.

“Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits
with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?  On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and
defraud. You do this even to your brethren” (1 Corinthians 6:7-8).

Why is it so important that you
think you are right?  Even if you are,
what will it accomplish?  Yes, if one is
harming the fellowship, remove them, but do not do so simply because you
believe them wrong.  Following the Lord
is not about being right; it is about putting on the righteousness of
Christ.  You do not know all the Father
is up to, so relax and let God be God.

Lord, teach me to be discerning so that I do not live my life in such a
way that I feel I must assert what I believe to be right.  I only need to look at the history of the
church to see how much damage has been done in the name of “right.”  Lead me into a life that seeks to be in
harmony with Your will and Your ways. 
Guide me into a life that seeks to mirror Christ in all things.

Lord Jesus, You know all that is
needed.  You are the Savior, I am not.  Guide me in the way You know will feed my
soul and guide me along Your pathway. 
Help me to be humble, knowing that there is more than enough contention
in this life.  Teach me to be at peace with
all insofar as I am able.  Help me to be
content in all of life’s circumstances, turning to You for the right way to
respond in every case.  Amen.

“I say this to your shame.  Is it
so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between
his brethren, but brother goes to law with brother, and that before
unbelievers?”  (1 Corinthians 6:5-6)

What kind of people are those
who follow Christ supposed to be?  Are we
to quarrel with one another, asserting dominance and fighting over trivial matters?  Following Christ is about learning to put on Christ
and seek the Father’s will in all things. 
Sinners abound in the church, but are you going to follow the crowd, or
follow Christ?  Be earnest in your
commitment to Christ.

Lord, teach me the way to go.  The world tugs at me and I am tossed about by the waves of ideas in this world.  Simplify my thinking that I would walk humbly with You and learn.  Teach me the better portion that I would abide in Your presence and purpose.  When wronged by a neighbor, teach me how to respond as You would respond that I may grow to be more like You in all things.

Lord Jesus, I need the salvation
which only You can provide.  Help me to
see more clearly those times and places where I do act like the world.  Show me the way in which to deal with the
daily struggles that will strengthen me in faith and charity.  Guide me, O Lord, according to Your purposes
that I would now and forever humbly abide in You and Your ways.  Teach me to be like You in all things.  Amen.

“Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of
this life?  So if you have law courts
dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no
account in the church? (1 Corinthians 6:3-4).

We were created in God’s image
to be with Him forever.  What we will be
we do not know, but we do know that we shall be like Christ.  Be firm on your commitment to live the
Christ-life to which you were called with all humility, letting the Lord of
your salvation guide you in all of His ways. 
Be resilient and step into the life He gives as He leads you by grace in
His salvation.

Lord, I often try to figure all of these things out.  Instead, give me a willing spirit to trust
that You will lead me all the days of my life. 
Guide me, O Lord, in the way of truth that I may now and always abide in
Your leading and trust that You will take me where I need to go.  Help me to listen and follow as You
lead.  Guide me, Lord, in the way of
truth.

Lord Jesus, You are the One who
has come to lead the way.  The world is
already judged because of sin.  You have
come that we may have life and have it abundantly.  Lead me, O Lord, this day in the way You know
I need to go.  You who have come into
this world and lived as one of us knows all that is needed.  By Your wisdom, grant me a heart that is
willing to always follow You.  Amen.

“Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to
go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints?  Or do you not know that the saints will judge
the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute
the smallest law courts? (1 Corinthians 6:1-2)

In the beginning, Adam was given
dominion over the earth.  He relinquished
that dominion to sin and sin reigns in this age.  In eternity, the redeemed will once again
have dominion, for this is one thing grace restores.  If this be true, then ought we not to put
into practice the way things are meant to be? 
We are called to live by the truth of the Lord and not according to the
ways of this temporary age of sin.

Lord, original sin lies deep in me and I default to the old Adam.  Teach me discernment that I may see things as
You would have me see them.  Guide me
according to Your goodness to be discerning in all things and to live according
to Your purposes.  Lead me, O Lord, in the
way of truth that I might now and always abide in You as You abide in me,
seeing things as You do.

Lord Jesus, without the grace You
have purchased for me from the cross, this would be impossible.  With You, I can do all that You require in my
life.  Lead me in Your strength to see
that in You I am able to discern what is right and true that I may live
according to the Father’s will.  Help me
today to put into practice those things that will prepare me for eternity.  Guide me always, Lord.  Amen.

“For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those
who are within the church?  But those who
are outside, God judges. Remove the wicked man from among yourselves” (1
Corinthians 5:12-13).

Listen carefully.  We are to judge those inside the fellowship,
but note the judgement.  This is not the
judgement of eternal separation.  This
has to do with behavior.  There is a
behavior which is unacceptable.  Such
behavior should not be accepted in the church. 
Remove those who are doing wickedness and let the Lord do as He
will.  But within, be on guard against
those who bring the world in.

Lord, I hear, “You should not judge,” so often.  Help me to understand Your word that I may
properly discern between right and wrong and stand firm upon what is
right.  Lead me in all of Your ways, O
Lord, that I would hold fast to the truth of all that You have spoken.  Guide me according to your word to be bold
enough to confront those who bring the world into the fellowship.

Lord Jesus, You said that the
world is already condemned, so I need not speak condemnation.  But You have also given us many instructions
concerning how we live with one another. 
Teach me first to always love and be motivated by love and not the
hatred of the old Adam.  Guide me to see
through the wiles of the wicked one to live humbly and firmly in the truth You
have spoken.  Amen.