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Heyo! Welcome back to Scattering Flowers with Elise and Miles, a podcast where we read the daily Gospels and the saint of the day.
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Today is Monday, November 9th, and the Gospel reading is John 2:1 through 22, and the scripture to reflect on is John 2:19.
Jesus answered, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
When Jesus answered the Pharisees by saying the temple would be rebuilt in three days, he was actually talking about his own body and how he would rise from the dead three days after being crucified.
The Bible says our hearts are like temples.
The Bible also teaches that because God’s Spirit lives inside believers, our own hearts and bodies can be like little temples where we honor and serve God every day.
Jesus wanted to replace the physical temple, to provide a new and better temple that anyone and everyone could access without having to pay for animal sacrifices.
He was the ultimate sacrifice, and he died to give us a new and better way to worship.
God has made us to love and serve Him.
Heyo, I’ve got some fun facts for you.
Did you know the heart contains roughly 4,000 specialized nutrients called sensory nutrients that allows you to sense, feel, and communicate directly with the brain?
And did you know that your heart beats about 100,000 times a day and pumps roughly 2,000 gallons of blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels, enough to circle the Earth twice?
When we focus our lives on loving and serving God, we are doing what He has made us for.
We fulfill our purpose.
Our bodies, in a way, are like temples.
When we focus on loving God, we can use the church and our lives for the right purposes, worshiping and loving God.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Dear God, thank you for making us to love and serve you.
We love you.
And thank you for making our bodies to help us live and worship you.
Amen.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, amen.
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