DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries)
AUGUST 11, 2026
READ: 1 Corinthians 6 (Focus vs. 12-20)
MEMORY VERSE
“You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
BACKGROUND
I recently traveled to Los Angeles and had to rent a car. Soon, I was driving through narrow downtown lanes, full of traffic and people. I found myself driving very carefully, slower than normal. Why?
Well, I didn’t want to have an accident. But I really didn’t want to damage my rental car. It wasn’t mine, after all. I was just, well, borrowing it.
Most of the time, we’d rather be owners than renters. But as I drove, I couldn’t help but think that renting that car illustrated something important about my relationship to God.
Scripture teaches that even our bodies—which we might think we own—don’t belong to us.
In a larger conversation about sexual sin in 1 Corinthians 6, Paul concludes, “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; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies” (vv. 19-20).
I’ll admit it’s hard to completely comprehend that my body isn’t my own.
Still, God calls us to honor Him with it. To care for our bodies. To realize that we’re stewards—renters, if you will—of these vessels He’s given us, that we might use them to honor and serve the one whose own broken body and blood saves us.
Adam R. Holz
INSIGHT
Some scholars believe that people in Corinth may have viewed Christianity as a means of advancing through society (see 1 Corinthians 1:26-31). Slaves and nobles stood equal before Jesus (Galatians 3:28), so perhaps they thought they could also move up through the social ranks.
In his first letter to the misguided church in Corinth, Paul challenged many of the wrong beliefs about what it means to be a servant of Christ.
Following the risen Messiah doesn’t mean pride in social status (1 Corinthians 1:26-31), abusing food (ch. 8), or indulging in all kinds of licentious behavior (ch. 5; 6:12-20). Instead,
God calls us to honor Him with every part of our lives, including our bodies.
Jed Ostoich
APPLICATION
How do you respond to the idea that God wants us to honor Him with our bodies? How could this truth change how you live?
PR’s (Pastor Richard) RE-EMPHASIS (From Today’s Post)
“God calls us to honor Him with every part of our lives, including our bodies.”
PR’s TAKE
“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” I Corinthians 10:31
PRAYER
“Dear Father, thank You for the amazing gift of my body. Please help me to honor You by using it to love and serve others today. “
TODAY’S HYMN/WORSHIP/PRAISE/GOSPEL SONG
“ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD” Donnie Mc Clurkin
I don’t wanna sing about the pain anymore
Only wanna sing about the One I adore
And dedicate my life to Him
And be a sacrifice for Him
All to the glory of God
I don’t wanna sing about the pain anymore
I only wanna sing about the One I adore
Dedicate my life to Him
Be a sacrifice for Him
All to the glory of God
All to the glory of God
All to the glory of God
I live for the glory of God
All to the glory of God
Oh what a wonderful feeling it is
To know He is mine and to know I am His
Tell about His glory
And His redemption story
All to bring the glory to God
All to the glory of God
All to the glory of God
I live for the glory of God
All to bring glory to God
All to the glory of God
All to the glory of God…
All to bring glory to God
Oh, my God…
Everything I do
All to bring glory to God
And I live to bring glory to…
To God, to God, to God
(I live to bring glory to God)
In Him I live, and I move
And I have my being, my being
I live so that Christ can be seen in me, oh
I live so that Christ can be seen in me
I live so that Christ can be seen in me, oh
I live so that Christ
Christ can be seen in everything I do and I say
Oh, my Lord
It’s all to the glory of God
All to the glory of God
I live for the glory of God
All to bring glory to God
Mmm, that’s why I live, that’s why I live
(All to bring glory to God)
[Outro]
And it’s all to bring glory to God
All glory to God
