‭‭Matthew‬ ‭21:12-13‬

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.’ ””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭21:12-13‬

Dear Jesus,

What zeal you had for the Lord’s house, but it was more than that. It was a zeal for souls to find God. The temple was a place for people, even Gentiles, to connect with your Father. Through the word preached there and the prayers learned it would open the channels of communication between God and people. That’s what our churches are supposed to be. Give me the same zeal for your churches so I don’t first see them as race, music style or social connections. Help my church be a place where people find you through good word of God teaching and and true prayer that connects hearts to you. Empower pastors to preach from your heart to human hearts so people’s lives are forever changed, especially mine.

Amen

Pastor Don Patterson

Jesus was eaten up with the desire for people to find his father through the word. He wants us to be the same.

Additional Reading: Isaiah 55 and 56.