He drove out those who sold & bought in the temple, overturning tables of money-changers & seats of those who sold pigeons…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.” Mark 11:15-17 (ESV)
Pray for Davy and Natalie’s families.
Pray also for gospel workers in Haiti. Many are losing their lives in this time of cultural upheaval.
Lord, have mercy.
HE • IS • RISEN!!! ... “But the angel said, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus Who was crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where He lay. Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead …’” (Matt.28:5-7)
“When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, ‘Truly this was the Son of God!’” (Matthew 27:54)
Jesus, knowing that all was finished, said (to fulfill Scripture), “I thirst.” A jar of sour wine was there, they put a sponge full on a hyssop branch & held it to His mouth. Jesus received the sour wine & said, “It is finished,” bowed His head & gave up His spirit. (Jn.19:28-30)
“There were women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger & of Joses, & Salome. When He was in Galilee, they followed Him & ministered to Him, & there were many other women who came with Him to Jerusalem.” (Mark 15:40-41)
Then when Judas, His betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind & brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests & the elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.” (Matt. 27:3-4)
“Jesus, knowing the Father had given all things to Him, that He had come from & was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside His outer garments, tied a towel around His waist, poured water into a basin, washing His disciples' feet, wiping them with the towel.” Jn13:3-5
“Jesus came to Bethany, home of Lazarus whom He raised from the dead. Martha served dinner, Lazarus reclined with Him at table. Mary took a pound of expensive ointment, anointed Jesus, wiping His feet with her hair, filling the house with the perfume’s fragrance.” (Jn. 12:1-3)
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!” (Matthew 23:37-39)
And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
(Luke 19:45-46)
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is He, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” (Zechariah 9:9)