Post by Woody Williams on Mar 18, 2009 6:45:06 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Mark 11:15-17
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Then they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to
drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the
temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the
seats of those who sold doves; and he would not allow anyone to carry
anything through the temple. He was teaching and saying, "Is it not
written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the
nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."
Devotional
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There is always a temptation present to turn religion into a
financial gain endeavor rather than a vehicle for nurturing faith and
life. The court of the Gentiles in the Temple, a place for non-Jews
to pray, had been turned into a business of buying and selling
sacrifices. Essentially this act was saying that prayer is not that
important, nor is hospitality to the outsider or stranger important.
Prayer
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Help us, Lord, to keep our churches places of prayer. Amen
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Then they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to
drive out those who were selling and those who were buying in the
temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the
seats of those who sold doves; and he would not allow anyone to carry
anything through the temple. He was teaching and saying, "Is it not
written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the
nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers."
Devotional
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There is always a temptation present to turn religion into a
financial gain endeavor rather than a vehicle for nurturing faith and
life. The court of the Gentiles in the Temple, a place for non-Jews
to pray, had been turned into a business of buying and selling
sacrifices. Essentially this act was saying that prayer is not that
important, nor is hospitality to the outsider or stranger important.
Prayer
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Help us, Lord, to keep our churches places of prayer. Amen