Isaiah 56:6-8
Luke 19:41-48
The prophet Isaiah declares that the coming Messiah will bless all those who worship God and keep his temple as a house of prayer. Seven centuries later, during holy week, Jesus visits the temple to worship. He finds that the merchants have taken over, and desecrated the temple by selling sacrifices to the people.
Jesus drives them out, declaring that his father’s house “will be a house of prayer.” Jesus then teaches and prays at the temple each morning of holy week.
Is your daily worship centered around prayer? Ask God to cleanse you and to make himself real to you today.