Grace and peace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ.
In the other gospels Jesus uses the phrase 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' when he clears out the Temple. I think this is just as important for us to remember now as it was for the people Jesus drove out of the Temple 2,000 years ago. God's house is supposed to be a house of worship. When we gather here we are supposed to leave everything from the outside world in the outside world. All of our cares, fears, anger, sadness, etc. should be left at the door, for it is those things that distract us from true worship of God. And it is those things that drove the people in Jesus' time to make the Temple a market and slaughterhouse. When we gather for worship we should gather for worship only, nothing else. When we come into God's house the only thing that should be on our mind is God and God alone. God's house is to be a house of prayer and worship. God bless you.
Pastor Josh
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