[Weekly Scripture] Matthew 28:6–7  He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.

Matthew 21:12-13 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”

What in your life needs cleansing?
What do you think Jesus desires to change in your life?

Pray for the willingness to allow God to cleanse your body, His temple.

E-devotion by Jeff Carlisle (Mission Pastor)
There were all kinds of wrong going on in the temple when Jesus entered.  It was being used improperly.  It was supposed to be a house of prayer, but instead it was a den of robbers. One dictionary says that a den is ‘a place where people meet in secret, typically to engage in some illicit activity.’  That day, Jesus cleansed the temple of this ‘illicit activity.’

The Bible mentions that your body is a temple.  Is it a holy temple of prayer or a den of ‘illicit’ activities?  Daily, believers have to cleanse their temple.  During the first two weeks of this devotion, you prayed through scriptures to pinpoint different sins in your life.  Are any of them still present in your life?  Why?  Spend time today looking for sins in your life.  As you find them,  repent and seek to come closer to God as you prepare to celebrate Easter.