The Pun
The Prayer
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”— and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. (1 Corinthians 6:12-14)
In perfect love, there is no condemnation. There is no fear because love has to do with punishment. In the immensity of that freedom and grace, teach us to move beyond:
What is permissible to what is best, What is allowable to what is freeing, What is gratifying to what is maturing, What is pleasurable to what is pleasing, What is life draining to what is life-giving, and What we can do to what we can do in You by You for You.