Preparing for the Pascha Week
JESUS ENTERING JERUSALEM

FIND THE COLT
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“Blessed is He who comes in the name of the
LORD!” (Mark 11:9)
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Next day Jesus went into the temple in
Jerusalem. What did he see?

IN THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM

JESUS DRIVES OUT THOSE WHO
BOUGHT AND SOLD
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17 Then He taught, saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’ ? But you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ”
(Mark 11:17)

What you should do and should not do
WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT DO
WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH

WHERE IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD c) d) a) b) e)
Jerusalem, Israel
Athen, Greece
Cairo, Egypt
Ottawa, Ontario
None of the above

1 CORINTHIANS 3:16-17
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of
God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE HOLY COMMUNION
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What is Holy Communion?
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It is Body and Blood of our LORD Jesus Christ
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We are temple of God and our hearts are the holy of the holies

BE AN EXAMPLE
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Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
(1 Timothy 4:12)

WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN
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19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy
Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
(1 COR 6:19-20)

WE FAST BECAUSE . . .
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The body belongs to God, and everything is relevant to the spiritual life. Therefore, dealing with sin means controlling our bodies. This is why we fast from foods as the first discipline of the fast, which also includes prayer and charitable giving.

HOW CAN I BE GOOD?
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19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.
(Romans 7:19)
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23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through
Jesus Christ our Lord!
(Romans 7:23-25)

When He comes into your heart, does He find a place that is a mess or clean?
Do you have dirty laundry?
LET’S CLEAN OUR HEART
… Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me…

AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY…
 Psalms 26:2-3
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Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.
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For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.
Alleluia