"God is Spirit and His worshippers must worship in the spirit and in truth" (John 4:24). Worship in the Bible is not confined to acts of praise (Psalms) but is connected to the way we behave towards ourselves "..your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit..you are not your own..honour God with your body" (1Corinthians 6:19) and others ~ "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this; to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world" (James 1:27).
As humans we are all affected to some degree or another by the environment - nature/nurture, disaster, circumstance, and also 'give off' DNA, leave fringerprints, smells, CO2 and rubbish; all producing a trail by which we can be identified and leaving our 'footprint'.
The spiritual environment (Ephesisans 6 10-12) can be similarly affected by our selves and actions - the 'inner' and 'outer' landscapes.
Consider also the scriptures below:
"Do not pollute the land where you are.." Numbers 35:33
"Ungodly people pollute their own bodies" Jude 1:8
"For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ.." 2Corinthians 2 14-17
"An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips" Proverbs 24:26
"From Him, the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does it's work" Ephesians 4:16
Self-control (Galatians 5 19-25) and self-less love (Mark 12:31) are important to making right choices and Godly habits/lifestyles ~
Isaiah recognized both in His prayer:
"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined!" For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty." Then one of the Seraphim flew to me with a live coal in His hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for." Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who shall go for us?" And I said, "Here I am. Send me!" Isaiah 6 5-8
Ask the Lord to give you eyes that see, ears that hear and an heart that understands....
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