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Lent 3

John 2 verses 13-22

¹³ When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. ¹⁵ So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶ To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a market!" ¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for your house will consume me." ¹⁸ Then the Jews demanded of him, "What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?" ¹⁹ Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days." ²⁰ The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?" ²¹ But the temple he had spoken of was his body. ²² After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. (NIV)

DIOCESE OF
ST EDMUNDSBURY
AND IPSWICH

Talk about...

1. What makes you angry about the church? What do you do with your anger?
2. How can people ‘be church’ outside the church building?
3. Tell the story of your local church and community. Where has new life come out of death?

Pray for...

1. People who lead or administer the Church, locally and nationally.
2. Cleaners, flower-arrangers, churchwardens, musicians, artists, architects and all who help make church buildings places of holiness and welcome.
3. Courage and discernment to speak and act for God in prophetic ways.