Acts 7:42

Welcome to the living word of God remember Stephan reminded those people that day the word of God is reminding us of the experience of the children of Israel stepping into the promised land with Joshua as the leader and God driving out the hidden people from the promised land and I tell you God in acts chapter 7 verse 45 onward if you read you find this it says David found favor in the sight of God David found favor in the sight of God

and he wanted to build a dwelling place for God are you and I finding favor in the sight of God and what is our priority today building mansions building great institutions for our glory

have you seen great institutions without a dwelling place and a place of worship for God campuses of the campuses but not a place for God to worship and God say to the children of Israel remember that you have all this but not a place for me to dwell and David wanted to build a dwelling place for God and that privilege fell in the hands of Solomon he built that glorious magnificent house of God however verse 48 says the most high God does not dwell in temples made with ants so where does it

dwell how can we forget that your body your heart is the dwelling place of God is the temple of God but what are we making out of the temple of God our body remember the words of Jesus he said my the temple the house of prayer of my father you have made a den of thieves brothers and sisters is our body is our mind is our life becoming a ten of thieves today

does God find it fit to dwell or does he find it as a den of thieves God does not live in a temple built by human hands

but he loves to dwell in you and me may he find our heart clean fit for