Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
On His way to Jerusalem Jesus clears the temple because the people were being cheated by those who should have known better. What is the reason for having a church today? Jesus gives us the answer, “My Father’s house it to be a house of prayer, not a market!” We come to church to hear God’s Word, to pray, to learn of Jesus. Anything else is a distraction.
-Ryan Freimuth
Lord, keep me always close to You. May our place of worship always be a house of prayer.
On His way to Jerusalem Jesus clears the temple because the people were being cheated by those who should have known better. What is the reason for having a church today? Jesus gives us the answer, “My Father’s house it to be a house of prayer, not a market!” We come to church to hear God’s Word, to pray, to learn of Jesus. Anything else is a distraction.
-Ryan Freimuth
Lord, keep me always close to You. May our place of worship always be a house of prayer.
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Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved
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