Body Parts

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This sweet grandson is using all his body parts to conquer wake boarding on Smith Mt Lake!

A young man was at our home to discuss a maintenance need.  Our discussion wandered off topic and he shared how he had a wife of "pure heart" but in all his years loving Jesus he still struggles daily to live without sinning. My response, "We all carry that struggle and have to confess our short comings again and again."

After he left, I thought back to a list of scriptures I had put together on praying for our body parts.  I challenge you to take these verses and turn them into prayers.

Body

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20


Mind

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.  Romans 12:1-2


Eyes 

I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.  Job 31:1  


I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Proverbs  121:1-2  


So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:8   


Ears

Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.  Proverbs 4:10


Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.  Matthew 7:24


Tongue 

For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.  1 Peter 3:10


Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:6


Stop all your dirty talk. Say the right thing at the right time and help others by what you say.  Ephesians 4:29


Watching what you say can save you a lot of trouble.  Proverbs 21:23  


Then don't say cruel things and don't tell lies. Psalm 34:13


Hands 

My lips will pour forth praise, for you teach me your statutes. My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right. Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. Psalm 119:171-173


Feet  

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Psalm 119:105 


Do not turn to the right or to the left; Turn your foot from evil.  Proverbs 4:27


Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.  Proverbs 4:26


Digestive System

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31



Heart

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.  Who can understand it?  “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what they deeds deserve.   Jeremiah 17: 9-10      


You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.   Jeremiah 29:13


Create in me a pure hert, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Psalm 51:10


As water reflects the face, so ones, life reflects the heart.   Proverbs 27:19


But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”  1 Samuel 16:7


Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6


Above all else, guard your heart, for everything  you do flows from it.  Proverbs 4:23  


For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  Matthew 6:21


My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,  for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Proverbs  3:1-2


And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.   Matthew  22:37


The Song

"Again" by Jeremy Camp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyn2Xt0aJNk


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