(1 Corinthians 6:19 NKJV) Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
We are not our own. If we have become children of God, we do not belong to ourselves. We belong to Him.
In light of this, we need to honor our bodies and take care of them. There are many implications to this. We can look at this from a spiritual point of view and a physical point of view.
Today we’re going to look at the physical (or natural) side of it.
What do we do to damage or abuse our bodies?
Let’s take a look at a few things; smoking, over-eating, obesity, drug use, alcohol abuse, and others that can be named as part of this list.
Every single one of us has probably been guilty of at least one of these at some point in our lives. Not eating properly was a biggie for me for many years. I love snacks. Oh, and they love me too! I can tell by the way they would cling to me 🙂
But God convicted me about my eating habits and I have been working really hard to change them. And I feel so much better, healthier now.
Some people might say that things like this really don’t matter to God. But if He put it in His word it’s because it matters to Him! We can’t just pick and choose the things that we like or don’t like about His word.
What’s your bad habit? What can you think of that you do to yourself that isn’t pleasing to God?
We are His. He wants us to take care of ourselves and stick around for a while. He still has much for us to do!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-377-5400
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