Make us your dwelling place.

 Make Us Your Living Place

A Reflection on 1 Corinthians 3:16, John 14:23, and Ephesians 2:22

Make us Your living place—not a temple made of stone,

But a dwelling of the Spirit, a sanctuary of the Son.

Not a building cold and silent, but a heart that beats with praise,

A home where You, the Living God, will dwell through endless days.

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? (1 Corinthians 3:16)

Make us Your living place—sweep clean the hidden rooms,

Where pride has built its altars and fear has cast its glooms.

Tear down the walls of prejudice, of bitterness and shame.

Let every corner be renewed and sanctified in Your name.

We are not our own; we have been bought with blood.

Come, take Your rightful place within this human flood.

Not as a visitor, not as a guest who stays the night,

But as the Master of the house, the everlasting Light.

Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves Me will obey My teaching. My Father will love them, and We will come to them and make Our home with them.” (John 14:23)

Make us Your living place—our bodies, minds, and souls,

A living, breathing altar where Your glory unfolds.

Let every word we speak, every thought we entertain,

Be a fragrant offering, free from every stain.

In us, let heaven meet the earth, let angel hosts draw near.

Let the lost find refuge here, let the broken cast out fear.

For if the Lord of all creation chooses us as His address,

Then nothing else can satisfy, no other love can bless.

In Him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:22)

So come, Lord Jesus, take Your throne. Holy Spirit, fill.

Father, let Your presence be our portion and our will.

Make us Your living place—not for a day, but evermore.

We open wide the doors of our hearts. Come in, we adore.

Amen.