Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own.
I Corinthians 6:19
Do you love ice cream? I do. Do you have a sweet tooth? I do. Do you sometimes eat too much? I do. Do you balance your eating with proper exercise? I don’t. And that’s a problem. Today’s message is as much for me as it is for you.
There are actually two problems with poor eating and not exercising. The first is a physical health problem. If you don’t eat right and don’t exercise, you are destined to have poor health.
The second, and in my opinion, more serious problem is a spiritual problem. Saint Paul tells us that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. Our bodies were created by God, not by us. They are meant to honor God. When we abuse our bodies—because we over eat, or drink too much, or don’t exercise. When we deface our bodies because of sexual promiscuity, or tainting our eyes through…
