3 Motivations for Caring for Your Physical Body

by Mark Dance

There are many motivations for taking care of your body—a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in us. Here are three for pastors to consider.

Why is it so much harder to talk about our physical health than it is to talk about our spiritual or emotional health? Perhaps it is because our motives are not always clear. Do we take care of our bodies in order to look better or feel better or to better honor God? Are these motives mutually exclusive?

There are many motivations for taking care of our bodies, temples of the Holy Spirit who is in us (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). But here I will highlight my top three.

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