Scripture: 1st Corinthians 6:20
For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.
Thought for the Day: So often in scripture when we see the words “bought” or “ransomed” to describe what Jesus has done, we think of his love act saving us from something. But the larger passage of 1 Corinthians 6 is about a changed life – it is about becoming something different. We have been bought, not to purchase us from something, but for something…for a purpose. Too many people view faith as nothing more than a rescue mission, and once they have been rescued, they are good to go. But Paul has just finished a long and rather harsh discussion on those who have been rescued and are now living lives that do not represent the life of Christ. God is gracious, and the metaphor Paul uses of buying or rescuing has much more to do with the life to which we have been rescued – the life with Christ, a life lived for Christ, a life that glorifies Christ through how we live our lives.
Prayer: Bring me, Glorious God, to that place where my life better resembles your expression of love, Jesus Christ. Bring me to that place where I join the baptized community in declaring that we have died and risen with Christ for the purpose of a life that is lived for Christ. Amen.
8:15 REQUEST
We are looking for someone
to help prepare communion
one Sunday a month – can you help?
