Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

How many times have you heard this paraphrase of 1st Corinthians 16.9?

Certainly, if you grew up in the church, it is a part of church culture.

But what does it really mean?

The mindsets we establish about our body from the things we were taught growing up,

both overtly and even subtly as a part

of an understanding, are so important to look at and explore as we talk about the aspect of

teaching in this special series on the body on the Jesus Over Everything show. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you,

whom you have received from God? You are not your own. First Corinthians 16.9 is one of the most

important verses in the Bible about the body,

certainly one of the most quoted, but most of us don't really know what it means. I had someone

asked me one time, what did the church teach you about your body? And I thought about that

for a while, and the first thing I had to say in

answering honestly was really not much of anything. Because when I was growing up in the 80s,

this was just not a discussion the church was having. In fact, I can't really remember a time in my adolescent years that we had a discussion

ever on the body or any type of teaching on it. In all of my growing up years in the church,

I really can't remember one single conversation we had in Sunday school, church camp, anything.

VBS?

I just don't recall that.

And yet, if you know anything about adolescents, it is basically all preteens and teens think about.

A girl guiding study revealed that 80% of girls aged 11 through 21 felt their

looks were the most important thing about them, and 66% felt they were not pretty enough.

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