What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
We are God's temple! God lives in us! We are a holy dwelling of God! WOW!!!
We were made Holy by the price Jesus paid to redeem us (
1 Peter 1:18-20). So, now what we do in our bodies is part of the worship we give to God (
Romans 12:1-2). We are called to not only abstain from impurity, but we are called to glorify God in our bodies and honor the sacrifice of Jesus by living holy lives each day. Holy living is not a burden, but a way to say "Thank you!" and offer praise to God for what he has done for us!
Father, I confess to you that I sometimes lose sight of how precious my body is to you and how important what I do with my body is in giving you thanks and praise. With physical temptations so near, I easily forget that it is a holy temple, a place of honor and worship that I offer to you. With aging and the other challenges that daily remind me that my body is a vessel of decay, I find it hard to believe that I can glorify you with it. Please, through your indwelling Spirit, quicken me to a deeper reverence and appreciation for your presence in me as you renew my body, your temple, day by day. In the name of Jesus, my atoning sacrifice, I pray. Amen.
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2 Corinthians 4:16-18.
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