In John 2:13-21 Jesus was furious that there were people profiting in the temple of God. He braided a cord and went after all of the money changers with zeal for God’s house.

This is the only time that I am aware that Jesus got physically violent. He desires that when we enter the temple of God we do so with one thing on our mind which is worship.

After he did this the Jews asked him for a sign. He had a unusual reply. “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.”

In that statement Jesus referred to himself as the temple of God. If we then invite Jesus into our hearts are we not the same?

It is so easy to go to church on Sundays and walk out of church and back into our sinful selves.

Is it as easy to walk in sin if we consider ourselves the actual temple of God?  If we truly have the Spirit of God within us I believe we should walk in worship every second of the day because His temple resides within our hearts.

I recently happened upon a thought provoking movie called “Stigmata” which is a movie about the book of Thomas. The book of Thomas is a gospel that was not released but in it Jesus said He desired our worship to be from our hearts and He did not require a building to be worshipped.

Church has become a corporate enterprise in America.

It has excluded the homeless, the prostitutes and the drug addicts. As a single mother I have become invisible and discarded by churches.

God had told me to go to a church which did not do this to single mothers but I rebelled and went to churches that treated me as if I was chaff.

I know though that God has not discarded me. He continues to show me love and has surrounded me with loving family and friends who show His love to me in such great abundance.

We have become so complacent in the walls of our churches that we fear to walk among the sinners with the love that God has for His lost sheep.

I am not saying to stop going to church. I love my church with a deep and passionate love.  All I am saying is to remember that church is not the temple of God. The temple of God resides in your heart.

Please give me your feedback on this post. My intention with every post is to touch hearts for God and to encourage people to seek Him and love Him with a greater love than ever before. If that is done then I know that the love will spill over to the lost sheep.