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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Today's Frontline Devotion March 4, 2005 Jesus Cleanses Temple |
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Frontline Devotion for Friday, March 4, 2005 By Mike
Martine
Matthew
21: 12-17
Today we are reminded of the importance of Christ in our lives.
Christ cleanses the temple. Likewise, we all need the cleansing of Jesus, and,
to that end, I invite you to pray with me…
“Oh Lord, come into the temple of my life and cleanse it. Knock over the
tables of the moneychangers, even though I invited them in, even though they
represent the things I love that turn me from you. Knock over the tables and
make me clean.
“Lord come into the temple of my mind. Take from it the thoughts that turn me
away from you. Not simply the ‘evil’ that exists there, but the more subtle
evil: the fear, the doubt, the desire to be my own god. Knock over the tables,
Lord, and make me clean.
“Lord come into the temple of my heart. Take from it all inclination to hurt
others, the anger, the jealousy. But take not only those things that are
obvious—remove the desire to make myself slave to my own whims, rather than to
make your desire the desire of my heart. Knock over the tables, Lord, and make
me clean.
“Lord come into the temple of my life. There always seems to be someone, Lord,
who tries to steer me from your path. They use my own fear against me, my own
self-doubt, my own desire to control. Do not allow me to succumb to evil; do not
allow me to place self-preservation above the celebration of your name. Knock
over the tables, Lord, and make me clean.
“Knock over the tables, Lord. Cleanse my life. And let me, in this new day,
begin life in you again.”
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