The Holy Place

I Corinthians 6. In this chapter Paul deals with disputes in the courts and defilement in the world. Paul wants to know why they are taking Christian brothers to court...to a court outside the church and it being made up of people who don't even believe in God! It would be far better for Christians to settle their matters within the church, rather than before a pagan, lost court.
And Paul takes up the subject of defilement in the world. Remember, Corinth was a sexually charged place, a sailor city, a place of promiscuity and sexual immorality. The charge: Do not defile your body, for it is not your own, it belongs to God. Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit that was bought with the high price of Christ's shed blood. God does not dwell in temples made with hands (Acts 17:24), He dwells in your body; therefore be holy for I am holy, (1 Pet.1:16; Lev.11:44) thus says the Lord. If Christians would put forth the same effort at guarding the holiness of their own lives as they do guarding the holiness of a building, there would be much less sin in the church today.
Prayer:
"Lord Jesus, I understand that my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. I yield myself and fully surrender now to the Holy Spirit so that He may be manifested in my body. I understand that my body does not belong to me. It belongs to You Jesus, for you have bought me from sin and paid for me with Your own shed blood. Therefore, I will use my body to glorify You. In Your Name I pray, Amen."