What Words Are You Hanging Onto?

Meditate. Think about your favorite words that Jesus spoke.

Then Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people selling animals for sacrifices. He said to them, "The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves." After that, he taught daily in the Temple, but the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the other leaders of the people began planning how to kill him. But they could think of nothing, because all the people hung on every word he said. Luke 19:45-48

When Jesus spoke, people listened. They hung on His every word. They listened intently. They were the everyday, common folk—not the Jewish leaders and teachers. Those Jewish leaders were plotting to kill Jesus. What was it…jealousy…blasphemy…distrust? Why would they want to kill such an honest, humble, wise man who was a great teacher, healer, and provider? He claimed to be the Son of God. They could not believe that He was their Messiah. So, they wanted to kill Him. Little did they know that they were following the plan of God Himself that Jesus would be the sacrificial lamb for all of mankind.

Jesus wanted The Temple to be a House of Prayer, a place to honor God. With the selling of animals and exchanging of coins for Temple coins the people were not honoring God. Jesus cleansed the Temple grounds. Read it for yourself in Mark 11:15-19. It was an example of the righteous anger of Jesus as He through the moneychangers out of the Temple.

The question for us is in our relationship with Jesus, do we hang onto His every word and do we honor God by creating a House of Prayer within us as we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit.

Don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Prayer ~ Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. Psalm 51:10. A loyal spirit that honors God in all that I think, say and do. I am hanging onto Your words with all my heart, soul, mind and strength.

Verse of Salvation ~ But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise, and I will fulfill all my vows. For my salvation comes from the LORD alone. Jonah 2:9

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