Gracious God, instruct
us and teach us
the way we should go;
counsel us
with your eye upon us.
You commanded peace to
the nations;
dismissed chariot, war
horse,
and battle bow.
So, to fight the good
fight of the faith,
how much force should we
use
to "clean out the temple"?
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 84; 150; 42;
32
Zech. 9:9-12
1 Tim. 6:12-16
Matt. 21:12-17
Selected Verses
Ps. 32:8
I will
instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Zech. 9:10a
He will cut off
the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations…
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations…
1 Tim. 6:12
Fight the good
fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and
for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Matt. 21:12
Then Jesus
entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple,
and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who
sold doves.
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