Week 1: Worshipping God with Our Bodies

May 29 & June 1

  • Mark 12:29-31

  • Your body is God’s design

  • Genesis 2:7

  • Our body is part of God’s image on display

  • Psalm 139:13-16

  • Your body is intimately known by God

  • In Christ, every body will be healed

  • 1 Corinthians 15:43-44

  • John 1:14

  • Christianity doesn’t teach escape from the body, but teaches resurrection of the body… which means your body isn’t disposable… it’s sacred… eternal

  • 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

  • What you do with your body is spiritual

  • Romans 12:1

  • How can we worship with our bodies?

    1. Move with gratitude…not guilt

    2. Eat with purpose…not obsession

    3. Rest with trust…not shame

    4. Honor God with your sexuality

    5. Listen with compassion to those who are hurting.

    6. Serve others physically.

  • What we do with our bodies is worship

[d]Group questions

  1. Read Mark 12:29–31 and Psalm 139:13-16 as a group.

  2. For you personally, what part of your physical life—movement, rest, eating, or sexuality—feels hardest to surrender to God? Why do you think that is?

  3. After reading Psalm 139:13–16. What do you think it means that your body is “fearfully and wonderfully made”? Why does it matter?

  4. How do you think Jesus’ physical resurrection changes how we view our own physical bodies?

  5. What difference does it make that our future isn’t floating spirits, but resurrected, restored bodies?

  6. Read Romans 12:1. What’s one practical way you could worship God with your body this week? Something physical—movement, rest, food, touch, words, service—what’s your next step?