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Equip & Empower Podcast with Christine Caine

EP 394: Does God Care What You Do With Your Body? | Faith, Fitness, Beauty & Biblical Truth

Equip & Empower Podcast with Christine Caine

Equip and Empower

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Most of us have never been taught what the Bible actually says about our bodies. Christine Caine is asking the question a lot of people are afraid to ask out loud — does God care what you do with your body? How you eat, how you exercise, how you present yourself? What about tattoos, piercings, or cosmetic surgery? The answer is more nuanced — and more freeing — than you might think. In this full sermon, Christine Caine walks through the biblical truth about the body as the temple of the Holy Spirit, and brings Scripture into conversation with some of the most personal questions we carry — about fitness, beauty standards, stewardship, and identity. She's not here to shame anyone. She's here to bring clarity where the culture has created confusion. Because there's a difference between honoring your body and idolizing it. And most of us are navigating that line without a map. In this episode, you'll discover: What it actually means to steward your body as God's temple — without becoming consumed by it Why your identity is rooted in Christ, not your appearance or your fitness level What the Bible says about tattoos, piercings, cosmetic surgery, and beauty standards How to examine your motives — and make decisions about your body from freedom, not pressure This is for you if you've ever asked: → Does God care how I look or how I take care of my body? → Is it wrong to want to be fit, healthy, or attractive? → What does the Bible actually say about tattoos or cosmetic surgery? → How do I stop swinging between neglect and obsession with my appearance? 📘 Want to grow deeper in a flourishing life with God? Christine explores this more in The Faith to Flourish: 👉 ChristineCaine.com/Flourish 💛 Download your FREE Episode Reflection Guide: 👉 http://bit.ly/4gx1ZYk 🔔 Subscribe for weekly biblical teaching that will help you grow in faith, lead with courage, and live on mission for Jesus. + + + + 🖥️ SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/ChristineCaineSubscribe PRE-ORDER Christine’s NEW book, The Faith to Flourish → https://linktr.ee/christinecaine ORDER Christine's new devotional, "You're Not Finished Yet" → https://linktr.ee/christinecaine 💛 For more great stuff, check out: LISTEN to Christine Caine’s Life and Leadership Podcast→ https://linktr.ee/christinecaine DONATE to Equip & Empower Ministries: https://linktr.ee/christinecaine 📲 Follow Christine on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChristineCaine/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theChristineCaine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristineCaine Christine Caine is a speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and activist who has been serving the local church globally for over 30 years. She and her husband, Nick, founded the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign, which works at the local, domestic, and international level to end modern-day slavery. They also founded Equip & Empower, a ministry that is mobilizing people everywhere to live on mission for Jesus. Propel Women is an initiative of the ministry dedicated to coming alongside women around the globe to activate their God-given purpose. You can tune in to her weekly Equip and Empower Podcast to be encouraged by the hope of Jesus wherever you are. Christine holds a Master’s Degree in Evangelism and Leadership from Wheaton College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

When was the last time you stopped and listened to your body?

0:03.0

Here's a Holland and Barrett ad break to do just that.

0:06.0

Go on, tune in.

0:08.0

Think about your body when you exercise.

0:11.0

Are those knees creaking?

0:13.0

Are your muscles ever so slightly aching?

0:16.0

Or are they trying to say,

0:18.0

You've got to show me love.

0:21.6

We know what your body's asking for.

0:24.6

In store online on the app.

0:26.6

Back Your Body, Holland and Barrett.

0:29.6

You know, unlike a social media post,

0:31.6

you don't have to put on a filter or edit or crop anything you don't like

0:36.6

before you show up for God.

0:39.5

When it comes to God, you can come as you are and you are fully loved and fully accepted.

0:45.4

And what you do or don't do to your body cannot make God love you any more or any less.

0:51.4

The truth is that our ultimate value only comes from knowing who we are in Christ,

0:56.0

knowing that we are deeply loved and fully known by the Creator of the universe,

1:01.0

that you and I, if you're in Christ, are sons and daughters of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords,

1:06.0

and therein lies our ultimate worth and security.

1:21.8

I am so grateful that you've joined us today and I know that God has got a word for you.

1:26.5

Well, this year I've got to say it's a very special one for me personally, because on September the 23rd,

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