El Greco: Christ Cleansing the Temple
Psalm 24, 29; Psalm 103
Zechariah 9:9-12, 13:1, 7-9; 1 Timothy 6:12-16; Matthew 21:12-17
Church of the Apostles Palm Sunday Sermon
While the attention of the crowd is on Jesus, while people are looking to him for victory, while folks expected him to overthrow rulers... Jesus shows his concern for right worship and by seeking to make the temple into a place of prayer for ALL PEOPLE.
And I'm left thinking... Holy Week is consistantly the most important week of my devotional life... it is so full of memories of deep encounters with the Lord that I've set up patterns and ways I expect to experience God... are these things Jesus would clean out?
For your thought and comment:
Where might you expect (or if after the fact did you find) God met you in a new way this week?
What Holy Week practice would you deeply miss if it were removed this year?
Zechariah 9:9-12, 13:1, 7-9; 1 Timothy 6:12-16; Matthew 21:12-17
Church of the Apostles Palm Sunday Sermon
While the attention of the crowd is on Jesus, while people are looking to him for victory, while folks expected him to overthrow rulers... Jesus shows his concern for right worship and by seeking to make the temple into a place of prayer for ALL PEOPLE.
And I'm left thinking... Holy Week is consistantly the most important week of my devotional life... it is so full of memories of deep encounters with the Lord that I've set up patterns and ways I expect to experience God... are these things Jesus would clean out?
For your thought and comment:
Where might you expect (or if after the fact did you find) God met you in a new way this week?
What Holy Week practice would you deeply miss if it were removed this year?
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