I did it!
Today I had a really productive day. I spent a good hour or two clearing out/tidying up my room which was good. Then I helped my dad put a load of stuff from the garage and around the house up the loft. I do like having a big clearout where you look through all your old things and wonder why you kept them.
It’s good having a clearout; my family is one of these OCD hoarders. I know I certainly keep stupid things just because they have a very vague sentimental value, or in case I use them at some point in the future (i.e. I probably won’t use it until I’m in my 90’s!) My dad has a plethora of old shelves, fence posts and wooden panels that “may come in useful someday”. Just today, I found a bag of curtains that my parents last used before I was born. They were kept because they were expensive at the time (£60…hardly a years wages)!
We’re told in 1 Corinthians 3:16-17:
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and you are that temple
In the Old Testament, the ‘temple’ is the Tabernacle, which was immaculate and kept as holy as could be by keeping anything unclean (spiritually or physically) away from it. But, we’re told that no longer does God dwell in that box but now lives in us. The maker of the universe lives in us. Our body is the tabernacle. It’s the temple, so we should look after it as God made it perfect and holy. We’re made in God’s image. Every single person.
We no longer have to worship, pray or converse with God in a specific place, because He lives within us. Wherever we go he will be there too.
The temple was where the Holy Spirit resided; we need to care for the Holy Spirit that lives within us. The temple was kept holy and clean; we need to keep ourselves clean by having a purity of heart and mind. The temple was made for worship, and we should be open to worshipping God. The LORD spoke in the temple; we need to be open to listening to God and having a relationship with him.
Today I had a really productive day. I spent a good hour or two clearing out/tidying up my room which was good. Then I helped my dad put a load of stuff from the garage and around the house up the loft. I do like having a big clearout where you look through all your old things and wonder why you kept them.
It’s good having a clearout; my family is one of these OCD hoarders. I know I certainly keep stupid things just because they have a very vague sentimental value, or in case I use them at some point in the future (i.e. I probably won’t use it until I’m in my 90’s!) My dad has a plethora of old shelves, fence posts and wooden panels that “may come in useful someday”. Just today, I found a bag of curtains that my parents last used before I was born. They were kept because they were expensive at the time (£60…hardly a years wages)!
We’re told in 1 Corinthians 3:16-17:
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and you are that temple
In the Old Testament, the ‘temple’ is the Tabernacle, which was immaculate and kept as holy as could be by keeping anything unclean (spiritually or physically) away from it. But, we’re told that no longer does God dwell in that box but now lives in us. The maker of the universe lives in us. Our body is the tabernacle. It’s the temple, so we should look after it as God made it perfect and holy. We’re made in God’s image. Every single person.
We no longer have to worship, pray or converse with God in a specific place, because He lives within us. Wherever we go he will be there too.
The temple was where the Holy Spirit resided; we need to care for the Holy Spirit that lives within us. The temple was kept holy and clean; we need to keep ourselves clean by having a purity of heart and mind. The temple was made for worship, and we should be open to worshipping God. The LORD spoke in the temple; we need to be open to listening to God and having a relationship with him.
I also had a really good prayer this morning; must have spent about 20 minutes in prayer. Had a right old spiritual clear-out too.
Off to bed as I’ll need to get up for Church in the morning.
God Bless,
Morrison.
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