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"When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.   In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.   So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.   To those who sold doves he said,  “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!”   John 2:13–16 When Jesus entered the temple courts and saw people buying and selling, His heart burned with anger. The temple, meant to be a house of prayer and worship, had been turned into a marketplace. The people were inside the temple, but their hearts were far from God—distracted by greed, money, and selfish gain. In the New Testament, Paul reminds us that our bodies are now the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:19–20). Just as Jesus cleansed the temple, God desires to clean...

"One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:28-31 NIV When asked about the greatest commandment, Jesus’ answer was clear: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” Loving God is not about a part of us—it is about all of us. It is a daily choice to draw closer to Him in every aspect of life. With the Heart – the Core of Who We Are The heart is the wellspring of life (Prov. 4:23). What fills our heart eventually overflows in our words, actions, and desir...

“The God we serve is able to deliver us… But even if He does not, we want you to know… we will not serve your gods or worship the image you have set up.”  — Daniel 3:17–18 The three young men in Babylon stood before the most powerful king of their time. The furnace roared in front of them, and their lives hung by a thread. Yet their response was unshaken: “The Lord will provide, but even if He does not, we will not bow.” This is the heart of true faith. It rests in God’s ability to provide, but it does not make obedience conditional on His provision. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego believed God could save them, and they trusted He would. But even if deliverance did not come, their loyalty to Him would not change. We often pray with confidence that God will provide: Healing for sickness. Provision for financial needs. Open doors for opportunities. Protection in times of fea r. And indeed, the Lord is our Provider (Gen. 22:14). Yet, sometimes the answer is delayed, different, ...

  “But the fruit of the Spirit is love…” (Galatians 5:22) Among the fruit of the Spirit, love stands as the foundation. Love is not just a virtue to be admired—it is life itself. Scripture tells us plainly, “God is love” (1 John 4:8). To know God is to know love, for His very nature flows into the lives of His children. Love is more than a virtue—it flows from the very Person of God. God is love, and all true love finds its source in Him. And love is also a command. When Jesus was asked about the greatest commandment, His answer was simple yet profound: “Love the Lord your God… and love your neighbour as yourself.” Both commands are rooted in love. A believer who does not love God or love others cannot truly claim to follow Christ. As John writes, “Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love” (1 John 4:8). Peter reminds us that “love covers a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8). This is not a shallow covering-up of faults but a deep expression of grace. ...

Have you ever heard—or perhaps even said—something like this: “I enjoyed the worship today, but the sermon was boring!” Or maybe, “I missed worship because I was late to church.” Sometimes we even comment, “The worship team in that church is really good.”   These statements reveal something important. Too often, we reduce worship to a segment of the Sunday service—usually the music before the sermon. At best, we think of it as scripture readings and times of praise. At worst, we treat it as nothing more than a set of songs to get through before the “main event.”   But biblically, worship is far greater than that. It is not merely about the songs we sing or the mood we feel. It is about who God is and how we respond to Him.   William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, expressed this truth beautifully:   Worship is the submission of all of our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness, the nourishment of mind by His truth, the p...