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We want to be a dwelling place for God. BUT, first comes the altar and the sacrifice of dying to ourselves, climbing up onto the altar, and saying – “God I just want what you want.” That offering is a sweet aroma of reconciliation to God. And He wants to come and dwell and consume what we offer Him. It’s an every. single day thing to present our bodies as a living sacrifice – holy and acceptable to God. From your heart, begin to offer God something that is a sacrifice. Something that will require death to your comfort and preferences. Our offering to God, will require death of our flesh in our lives.
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In Exodus 20, when the intense presence of God came, and the people saw it, they trembled and backed away, and stood a far off where they were more comfortable. They told Moses that they wanted him to talk to God, and then Moses could tell them what God said. Encountering God’s presence can be uncomfortable. When He shows up things move and shake. But, are we people who stand a far off, or draw near to Him? Are we hungry for Him, or hungry for lunch? The Bible says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” God’s desire has always been from the beginning to dwell with us. His Presence is everything.
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There is no “good person,” “church-going” category of people in the end. There are only two categories – in Love with Jesus or Not! When a person is pregnant in the natural, everything is changed to accommodate for the one they are pregnant with. They are careful, mindful and protective of what is more valuable on the inside of them than their own preferences and desires – the things they eat, drink and participate in. Mary said, “Let it be to me according to your word.” And it cost her. Carrying the presence of God, Him living in us – should affect and change us. It should and will cost us – how we live our lives, our reputation, our friends and family. Are you willing to let God live on the inside of you? At any cost?
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Preparing a “Dwelling Place” is about preparing our lives to be a dwelling place – for God to be with you and in you. Pastor Chad Everett teaches from Genesis chapters 1 – 3 that God has always had ONE desire from the very beginning and it is to dwell with us, and that we were formed and created with a “dominion mindset,” as demonstrated in these chapters. Addressing some truths about some religious beliefs, he instructs those who are listening – to not just listen, but to hear and apply what you hear.
God has always desired to have a relationship with you. He wants to co-create with you, out of a heart relationship with Him. God’s design for creation was to adopt His heart out of love and relationship, so that we begin to make decisions based on that heart relationship with Him, and we begin to do things like Him so that He is represented in the earth through that expression. He wants you to love Him so much that when you do things on the earth, it’s out of the context of relationship with Him.