#HolyMonday

Scripture -Matthew 21:12-19 NIV
12 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. 13 “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.’”
14 The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.
16 “Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him. “Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read, “‘From the lips of children and infants you, Lord, have called forth your praise’?” 17 And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
18 Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.
In Jerusalem, Jesus had to cleanse the Temple because it was being misused and abused. Likewise, we forget to make sure that our mind, body, and spirit are clear, open, and ready to give and receive as God wills. Use the hashtag #CleanseYourTemple and let us know how you are taking care of your mind, body, or spirit.
"The Decision"
By Michael McCay
Performed by Micah 6:8
Lead: Solomon Sparrow