Morning by Morning, April 11, 2025 - Overturn the Tables in My House of Prayer
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart, as You align my spirit with Your Spirit here in the communion of prayer to begin my day centered in You. ...
“Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, ‘It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves’” (Matthew 21:12-13).
As soon as You entered Jerusalem in deep humility on “the foal of a donkey” You boldly entered the temple with a stirring passion for the purity of the place of worship. The house of prayer had become a house of thieves; the place of purity and become a place of depravity.
And before I’m too quick to condemn these who compromised with the plans and purposes of God in the very places that were to be set aside to worship You the Lord our God alone in spirit and truth, search my heart, Holy Spirit. “Search me, O God, and know my heart.... And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:23-24).
Where have I compromised? How have I allowed my spirit to be defiled with the passions and pursuits of my thoughts and desires in the places of my heart that are to be dedicated, consecrated, set apart, and keep holy for You as I worship You alone. As You said long ago, You still speak today of those who will drive out what cannot remain in a heart wholly given to You as a house of prayer in purity and passion in communion with God:
“The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4:23-24).
Holy Spirit of the Living God, overturn the tables of everything in me that’s less than holiness of heart and life. Drive out of my heart everything that’s less than Your calling and command for my heart to be Your house of prayer. Grant me a stirring passion for purity in my worship and prayer. Empower me by Your mercy and grace to come to the place, more and more every day, to experience the fulfillment of Your desire for every one of us who would follow You as Your disciples: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37).
Lord, let it be so in me, this day and every day—step by step, deep unto deep, morning by morning, one day at a time, right now and for the rest of my life on my spiritual journey of ever-increasing trust and intimacy with You. “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with (us) all” (2 Corinthians 13:14). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you worship the Lord in spirit and truth from a heart wholly devoted and set apart to Him in ever-increasing truth and intimacy on your spiritual journey with God, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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