Ephesians 5:15-21; 1 Corinthians 6:17-20
How often do you think about your body as not being your own and being a temple to the Holy Spirit? (1 Corinthians 6:19). I'm guessing not that frequently, if you're anything like me. So I was glad that Paul brought these things to my attention today. You see, Paul's message here in 1 Corinthians 6:17-20 is really something we need to realize and think about as we live out our lives in bodies that belong to the Lord.
So how can we keep a "temple" mindset from day to day? And how should we be taking care of and maintaining our "temple"? Tami W.
Temples are used, primarily, in the worship and service of a deity. As a result, if we are the temple of the one true God, we are to use our bodies for His service and in His worship as our primary goal.
That's a tough question. As you see the older I am getting my body or temple is falling a part. I am loosing my hair, my energy, my looks (that's gotta be important because look at our church's today and how fancy and good looking they have become) and the list goes on. So I think the best way to answer this question is not to look on the outside but the inside and keep it clesn and built up. Because God looks at the heart.