Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 419
March 26, 2019///
There are many Temples in our world.
There are Buddhists, Taoist, Hindu, plus many other temples.
A couple of the definitions in the dictionary for Temple are:
a building for religious practice
a place devoted to a special purpose
Even though our Christian Evangelical Churches do not look like some of the temples mentioned above they are buildings devoted to worship the TRUE AND LIVING GOD!
We should be gathering with other believers to join our worship on a regular basis.
However, this morning I want to call your attention to a temple of a different kind:
YOU!
Let us look at what God’s Word says!!
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (KJV)
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
When we receive Jesus as our personal Savior, the Spirit of the Living God is raised up within us and we are a Temple of the Creator God Almighty.
Our body should be devoted to lifting the Lord God Almighty in all we do!!
Our life should be one that portrays Love and devotion to the God of the Universe. All we do from large to small should reflect whose Temple we are.
Deep inside we should be full of the Joy and Peace that dwells in the temple of the Almighty!!
But may I tell you that sometimes our Temples become corrupted the same as those in the Bible. Like in the old testament when the enemies of God came into the Temple of God and destroyed and carried away the sacred things.
In the New Testament, the Temple was there but it was filled with rules, regulations and deception.
In the future the antichrist will occupy the Temple in Israel and declare He is the one! Then Jesus will appear in Victory and right our world.
Every evil thing that happened in the Temple is the result of God’s people allowing compromise and other god’s into their lives. They felt like they could worship Israel’s and the pagan god’s and their own desires and still be protected by the Creator God.
Whose Temple are you???
Who dwells in your body? Who is on the throne of your heart?
Have you allowed the gods of this world and the deceitfulness of the devil to help you think you can worship, money, fame, success, family, talents, abilities, etc. and continue to be a pure and holy place for the Lord God Almighty?
Just as the enemy destroyed the Temple or invaded the Temple of Israel because they forgot whose they were, the enemy wants to steal your Peace, Joy, Power, Love and so much more. The enemy wants to fill you with desires that are contrary to God’s better plan.
I have learned that satan, the enemy of all that is good is very patient when it comes to deceiving people. Little small things. As a Christian I am appalled at how inch by inch morality has taken a backseat in the United States of America that was founded on the principals of the Word of God.
A little here, a little there and all at once, we see evil destruction everywhere. It did not happen overnight. Patience from the enemy causes slow infiltration.
I admonish each of us today to guard our Temples. Guard our minds, actions and deeds!! Know the Bible and we will see the subtle tactics of the one who wants to destroy, steal and kill.
1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Whose Temple are you!!!!
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Father God, I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and I thank you that your Holy Spirit dwells in those who trust you. Give us wisdom to keep these temples of our bodies whole and pure before you. Stir up within each of us to commit our minds, wills and emotions to your Lordship and the courage to let you rule in everything we do. May we understand Ordinary daily task become worship when we commit all to you. A-Men
Be a true temple of God!!
Love, MeMaw
THOUGHTS FROM SKYDIVING MEMAW 