A New Dwelling Place

 A New Dwelling Place

God made a new place for His spirit to dwell. 

Not in a manmade temple high on the hill.

But in the heart who believes in His Son who died.

This is the place His Spirit resides. 

We look at churches and temples grand in design. 

And may stand in awe of the beauty that we find

But inside our hearts is where the true splendor lies. 

As He rewrites His truth there and in our lives. 

In streets where we walk and where we find. 

Across the earth throughout all mankind

His spirit moving to touch those that we see. 

Not just in Church are souls set free. 

His spirit is not contained within church  walls. 

Or under the cloak of religion and man's noble cause

But His spirit dwells in the heart of man. 

Not in buildings that fade by human hands. 

And since Jesus walked the earth, He made it clear. 

A new dwelling place is not far but near. 

And while we seek His fulfillment in man made designs. 

God has been building His temple one stone at a time. 

God made a new place for His spirit to dwell. 

Not in a manmade temple high on the hill.

We are all living stones placed where He called us to be.

A new dwelling, a new Temple stands eternally.

©2026 Sandra C. Johnson