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Dear
Friends,
Celebrating
Easter as a Family
In
continuation of our Easter Family Fun activities, we want to bring you a little
devotional and project to celebrate during the Holy week. This
devotional is for Monday. Again, this information adapted by Jan
Brown is availble on our website. I hope it is
helpful to you.
MONDAY, THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE
Jesus went to the temple to worship God. There he saw something that
upset Him very much. He saw men using God's house as a place to sell
animals for the sacrifices. They were exchanging money from foreign
places into money that could be used to buy the sacrifices. These men
knew that the people coming there needed animals for their sacrifices.
They were taking advantage of this situation by having the animals right
there in the temple courtyard for people to buy. They were making money
off of the sacrifices.
Jesus became very angry and said, It is written, 'My
house will be called a house of prayer.' but you have made it a den
of thieves. Jesus made a whip and drove out the vendors and their
animals. He overturned their stalls and buckets of money.
Talk about how Jesus wanted God's house to be a house of
prayer, not a house of chaos. Talk about what is the proper behavior and
attitude that pleases God when we worship Him. What is prayer? Is church
the only place where we can pray?
Discuss the verses in I Cor 3:16, 6:18, 2 Cor 6:16. Our
bodies are a temple, too, because Christ dwells within us. What are some
ways that we might treat our bodies that are not pleasing to the Lord?
What are some ways that we use our bodies to glorify God?
For snack serve soft pretzels. Pretzels are a reminder to us
of arms that are folded in prayer.
You may want to try this recipe for soft pretzels:
1 package yeast
1 1/2 cups of hot water
1/3 cup brown sugar
5 cups of flour
• Heat oven to 465 degrees.
• Boil 11/2 cups of water. Mix dry ingredients. Slowly add 1
1/2 cups of hot water to dry ingredients and stir. Add only enough to
make a soft dough. On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough for 5
minutes. Cover and let rise 10 minutes.
• Grease 2 cookie sheets. Take about 2 tablespoons of dough
and roll it into a *snake.* Shape it into a pretzel and place on the
cookie sheet. Let rise one more time for about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Bring to boil in a large pan 6 cups of water. Carefully
lower each pretzel into the boiling water. Allow to boil for about 45
seconds. Lift the pretzel out and place on the cookie sheet again. After
each pretzel has been boiled, sprinkle with salt and bake in the oven for
10 minutes
Have a great Easter!
Michael "Kapp"
Brown
Executive
Director
House
on the Rock Family Ministries
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If you found this information helpful, we have made other Pebbles of Truth articles
available on our website (www.hotrfm.org).
Each month we feature articles on the topics of: men's issues, marriage,
blended families, parenting, and church ministry to families. You will
also find a great deal more information about House on the Rock
Family Ministries! Thanks for visiting.
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