I know I'm
about to do some serious meddling but too often this important issue of our
physical well-being is ignored. A sobering passage for those of us who
are Christians is found in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20: "Do you not know that
your body is a temple 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 body." Could the point be stated more
clearly? Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. We need to
honor God with our bodies.
How is it
that we manage to separate the issue of how we treat our bodies from our
devotion to Christ? Not just our spirits but also our bodies have been
claimed and redeemed and loved. Christianity does not teach a view of
life that disdains the body while it elevates the spirit. In some mystical
and incomprehensible way the Holy Spirit indwells our bodies and thereby calls
us to the high privilege and heavy responsibility of using our bodies to honor
His presence.
-- Bill
Hybels in Making Life Work: Putting God's Wisdom into Action
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Thank you very much for faithfully sending Soundbites. We enjoy them very much. It has been many years since my husband and I drove up from Manitowoc to visit friends one day and went early enough to attend a service at your beautiful church. We have never forgotten how much we enjoyed that experience. Thank you again for sending your meaningful, Scriptural based thoughts.
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