🌿✨ Holy Monday – A Call to Cleanse Our Hearts ✨🌿
- Sarah Skaggs
- Mar 30
- 1 min read
🌿✨ Holy Monday – A Call to Cleanse Our Hearts ✨🌿
Holy Monday reminds us of two powerful moments in Jesus’ final days before the cross:
🌿 Jesus cleanses the temple🌿 Jesus curses the fig tree
📖 The Cleansing of the Temple
Jesus entered the temple and found it filled with buying, selling, and corruption.Instead of a place of prayer, it had become a place of profit.
“My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.”— Matthew 21:13 (KJV)
He overturned the tables—not out of anger alone, but out of righteous love for what is holy.
🌿 The Fig Tree Lesson
Jesus saw a fig tree full of leaves—but with no fruit.
“Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever.”— Matthew 21:19 (KJV)
It looked alive… but it wasn’t producing anything.
💜 The Deeper Meaning
Holy Monday is not just about what Jesus did—it’s about what He is calling us to do.
🙏 Cleanse our hearts🙏 Remove anything that doesn’t honor God🙏 Bear real, spiritual fruit
God is not looking for outward appearance—He is looking for a heart that is truly His.
🙏 Heart Check for Today
Is my life a house of prayer?
Are there things in my heart that need to be overturned?
Am I producing fruit… or just leaves?
🌿 Today’s Reminder
Jesus lovingly cleanses what He wants to use.
He doesn’t expose to shame us—He reveals to restore us.
💜 Lord, search my heart. Remove anything that does not belong, and help me to bear fruit that brings You glory.




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