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HAVE WE MADE IT A DEN OF THIEVES?

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This picture was taken from Google MEMORY VERSE 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. LESSON BACKGROUND : Taken from: https://bethelhouseofprayer.com/about/what-is-a-house-of-prayer/ What exactly is a House of Prayer? The first reference given to a house of prayer is found in the Old Testament in Isaiah 56:7 “For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”(all Nations) parenthesis mine. The next time this passage is mentioned is in the New Testament and Jesus quote the same verse in Matthew 21:12-13 after He entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling and the money changers and Jesus quotes the passage from Isaiah. In Matthew 21:13, Jesus says “It is written, ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER’; but you are making it a DEN OF THIEVES.” There are two other times in the New Testament this same verse is quoted and t

A PLACE TO STAND

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The picture was taken from Google PSALM 40: 1-17 SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON AUGUST 26, 2018 MEMORY VERSE He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings -          PSALM 40:2 – INTRODUCTION: Our lesson for this month is “Stand Firm! Press on.” How can we stand firm if our feet stand in the wrong place or direction? When you’re in a seashore, it’s easy for you to be drifted by the waves because you’re standing on soft sand.   Therefore, where is the safest place to stand? In our Christian journey, we are not always strong; sometimes we feel week and unable to get up. The reasons maybe are the trials and afflictions come in our way.   Jesus told the disciples to expect trials by stating chapter 16 verses 1-2 of John, “These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not offend. They shall put you out of synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doet