A Holy Temple In The Lord

 The Bible tells us that the most high God does not dwell in houses made by human hand, heaven is His throne and the earth is His footstool, and yet the most wonderful news is that God makes His home in the heart of all who come to Christ for salvation: the forgiveness of sin and life everlasting.
 For over 2000 years, individual believers have been added daily to this spiritual building that God Himself is constructing. Every believer in Christ is just one more living stone which is being fitted together, with perfect precision, and is growing into A Holy Temple In The Lord.
 Christians are collectively being built-up by God into a holy temple, for Christ said I will build my Church. But in this verse, we discover that each believer is also being reminded that our individual body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, at the point of salvation, He took up permanent residence within our heart. We were bought at enormous cost; the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
 We were created spirit, soul, and body. It was the Father who created our body. It was the Son Who redeemed our body, and it is the Holy Spirit Who dwells in our body. We should recognize the tremendous privilege we have; that we are a temple for the living God. Let us flee from all sorts of sins that desecrate our bodies and live our lives as unto the Lord for we are a chosen, royal, and holy people for God's own possession, that we may proclaim the excellence of Him Who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1 Corinthians 6:19 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;

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for creating our spirits, souls, and bodies. Thank You that we have been saved (spirit, soul, and body), by grace through faith in Christ. How we praise and thank You that we have the Holy Spirit dwelling within our bodies. We pray that we may be worthy witnesses to Your goodness and grace, and that our bodies are living sacrifices, holy and acceptable unto You. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.