The Dwelling Place Of God

I. SHARE PERSONAL STORIES OF HIS PRESENCE

A. The Old Stump

1. Presence of God around the Old Stump (My trysting place)

2. 1 John 4:1-6

B. New York last week

1. Walking in Queens (I sensed the presence of God)

2. Driving through the Bronx and meeting with Pastor Sabino (I sensed the presence of God)

3. Riding the subways back to Manhattan (I sensed the presence of God)

II. GOD WANTS TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES

A. The mere awareness of His presence will change many things!

1. We take God with us everywhere that we go. (Does God want to watch, hear, or go there?)

2. He’s the unseen attendee at every meeting or conversation. (Is God pleased with what is being discussed?)

B. Misnomers about the Presence of God.

1. God is only there if I feel Him

2. God has to be invited to “show up…”

3. Reach out and touch the Lord as He “Passes by…”

III. THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN THE BIBLE

A. In the Old Testament He “came” to people.

1. The Burning Bush, Abraham and the Angel, The Priest Zachariah...

B. In the New Testament God lives “in us…”

1. Stephen preached this in Acts 7:48 and was stoned. Paul preached it in Acts 17:24 and was mocked.

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