Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NLT
A temple is not just a building. It is a dwelling place—a place where the presence of God resides.
Your body is exactly that. Not a metaphor. A reality. The Holy Spirit lives in you. The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells in your physical body.
When I first truly understood this, it reframed everything. I had spent years relating to my body primarily as something to manage, improve, or apologize for. But a temple is not something you manage. It is something you steward—with reverence and care and gratitude.
When Paul says ‘honor God with your bodies,’ he is not issuing a demand to earn favor. He is extending an invitation. You were bought at a price—that price was paid by the Son of God. The Spirit was given. The temple was established. Every morning habit you establish through the RENEW program is, at its root, temple care. Not performance, but worship.
Karen Conrad Renew™ was born out of my own journey of learning how to care for the body God has given me while building a life filled with strength, confidence, health, and purpose.
Every day I tell myself: renewal happens one step at a time. Every walk. Every workout. Every glass of water. Every moment spent caring for myself. These small choices add up over time and are ways I steward the blessing of a healthy body—the temple of the Holy Spirit.
Loving Life!
Karen Conrad Metcalfe
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