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TEXT: Matthew 21:13

*And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.* 

It was established yesterday that God's house is the temple of God, the house of prayer,  or gate of heaven. These descriptions pass for what the church of God represents or should represent today.

When Jesus Christ entered into the temple of God, and cast out all the people that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, he said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.(Matthew 21:12-13)

It is clear that the house of God which was supposed to be a house of prayer had been turned into a den of thieves. It has become a place of buying and selling, and no more a place of connecting with the LORD. 

The Priests were more interested in selling materials for sacrifice than  leading people to offer themselves as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1).

While the motivation for the priests had turned from God to money, the inspiration of the congregation had also changed from offering themselves to God to offering things to God. 

Could this be what our  churches has become too? The motivation of many preachers today is no longer God or His people but money, and fame. Even the members now feel more at home with giving their money than giving themselves *first* to the LORD.

This is a wrong order, Pastors are not supposed to accept any sacrificial giving from a member who has not first of all given himself or herself unto the LORD.

 *The order of giving unto the Lord as stipulated in 2 Corinthians 8:4 &5 is, "They begged us again and again for the privilege of sharing in the gift for the believers in Jerusalem.They even did more than we had hoped, for their first action was to give themselves to the Lord and to us, just as God wanted them to do."*

 *Give yourself first to the LORD, before you give your money to Him.* 

Immediately Jesus sent those merchandising away from the temple, and declared it as the house of prayers,  revival took place. 
The blind and the lame came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.(Matthew 21:14). 

The presence of God came into the house of God and He opened the eyes of the blind and healed the lame.

May the Lord purge His church once again from all unclean and defiling things, so that the blind can see and the lame can walk in Jesus name.

 *BIBLE READING:* 

Genesis 28:11-19.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

Father Lord, purge your church once again from all defiling things in Jesus name.

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