​MONDAY: “A Cleansing Love”

MONDAY: “A Cleansing Love”

4/14/2025

Scripture: Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves. He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!” (NLT, Mt 21:12–13).

On Monday of Holy Week, Jesus entered the temple and drove out the money changers—not out of rage, but out of love for what is holy. He wasn’t just clearing out corruption but calling God’s people back to true worship. The temple was meant to be a house of prayer, not a place for profit. Today, Jesus still wants to cleanse anything in our hearts that distracts us from worship. Will we let Him?

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Eric Marshall

Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Eric grew up in the little town of Gibraltar, PA with his grandparents. He met his wife Cheryl while working at Good’s Greenhouse in Bowmansville, PA. He has three adult children and values watching them grow into the people God wants them to be.
Eric graduated from Lancaster Bible College with a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies. He also earned a Master of Arts in Ministry from Capital Seminary and has a Certificate in Pastoral Ministry (STEP) from Eastern Mennonite University. He served as Associate Pastor at Blainsport for 10 years before becoming the Lead Pastor in 2006.