My House Shall Be Called The House of Prayer

 Matthew 21:13

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house
of prayer…

In this passage of verse, Jesus became angry when He saw that the Temple had become a place to buy and sell, rather than a place to pray as was God’s original design.

When we hear this phrase, we often think of it as referring to a building such as the Temple in the Old Testament or the Church building in which we gather to have service on certain days of the week.

The word “house” can be defined as “a dwelling place”. (see Strong’s G3624)

God wants the place where He dwells to be a place filled with prayer.

Romans 8:9

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit if so be that the Spirit of
God DWELL in you…

The Greek word for “dwell” comes from the Greek word for ‘House’ and means “to occupy a house, reside”. (see Strong’s G3611)

WE are God’s House, His dwelling place, if we have the Holy Ghost living inside of us.

2 Corinthians 6:16

…For ye are the Temple of the Living God; as God hath said, I will
dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

WE are the Temple of the Living God.

WE are to be the House of Prayer.

For it is through prayer that mountains move.

It is through prayer that situations change.

It is through prayer that WE change and get in alignment with God’s Will.

It was during a prayer meeting that the Holy Ghost was poured out on the Day of Pentecost.

It was during a prayer meeting that the Holy Ghost was poured out at the Azusa Street Revival.

We need to LONG after God.

We need to HUNGER and THIRST after God!

Let us not just appear to be a house of prayer but to actually BE a house of prayer.

Is Your Anchor Secure?

Hebrews 6:19

          Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast…

I was a widowed single mom for many years.  Because funds were tight at times, I often had to be ‘handymom’.  On one of those occasions, while trying to put shelving up in the bathroom, the drill slipped and drilled a hole in my finger.  Thankfully, it wasn’t severe enough to require a visit to the doctor, so I bandaged my finger and proceeded to finish the job.

Standing there, feeling accomplished, suddenly all my hard work came crashing to the ground when one of the family cats decided to jump up on one of the shelves. Rather than get upset, I thanked God for allowing me to see BEFORE I put all the items on the shelves that they were not secure.  To fix the problem, I merely needed stronger anchors.  Anchors had been used originally to secure those shelves, but those anchors were not strong enough to hold up to the weight that they were going to have to bear.

How many times in life have we tried to secure things with weak anchors such as quick, microwave prayers as we rush through the day then groggy prayers as we are falling asleep at night?  It may help things to appear to stay in place, but a burden heavier than we can carry may send us crashing to the ground.

Is your anchor strong and secure?  If not, it’s not difficult to replace that weak anchor.  It’s as simple as reading your Bible and praying daily combined with fasting often. The more time we spend with Jesus, the more secure our anchor will become so that we will be able to handle the weight of the storms life may send our way.