Prayer Call: A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days - But Let's Talk About Monday

Good Morning BFB & Friends!

For our devotional thought this morning, we’re back in the Gospel of Mark, back in chapter 11. I want to deal with a simple but powerful idea: A lot can happen in seven days — but let’s just talk about Monday.

I encourage you to read the entirety of Mark 11 during your own devotion time, but today we’ll focus on verses 15–17.

“On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. And as he taught them, he said, ‘Is it not written: My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” - Mark 11:15–17 (NIV)

The Monday After the Celebration
Yesterday we had an amazing time in worship. It was the triumphal entry — Palm Sunday. We shouted, we praised God, we remembered the palms, the cloaks, the donkey, and the celebration of the King. We celebrated because we know what this week means to us.

But today is Monday.

And Monday brings its own challenges. God laid this on my heart last night and again this morning: a lot can happen in seven days. On Sunday they cried, “Hosanna!” By Friday they cried, “Crucify Him!” But it didn’t end on Friday — He still got up.

What happens on Monday matters. What happened in Jesus’ life on Monday matters.
And what happens in our lives on Monday matters.

After all the praise of Sunday, Jesus didn’t go quiet on Monday. He went straight to the temple. And that teaches us something:

Monday Reveals What Sunday Covered Up
On Sunday, everything looked good — palms, praise, public celebration. But on Monday, Jesus walks into the temple and exposes what had been going on beneath the surface. The temple looked beautiful on the outside, but inside it was out of order.

That’s true for us too.

Our Sundays can look good. We can shout, dance, and worship. But Monday reveals what’s really in our hearts. Monday reveals our priorities. Monday reveals what we do first when God gives us new grace and new mercy.

Jesus overturns tables because He sees what has been happening all along. And He shows us that He’s not after the performance of Sunday — He’s after the purity of our hearts on Monday.

Monday Confronts What Doesn’t Belong
Jesus began driving out what didn’t belong in the temple. He said, “My house shall be called a house of prayer.” Anything that didn’t align with that purpose had to go.

The same is true for us.

What is Jesus trying to confront in your life today? What distractions? What misalignment?
What habits have replaced your devotion, your prayer time, your worship? Sometimes God disrupts what’s comfortable to restore what’s sacred.

What tables does Jesus want you to overturn this Monday so that your relationship with Him can take its rightful place again?

Monday Prepares Us for What’s Coming
There’s a reason Jesus went to the temple first. There’s a reason He cleansed it before Friday. There’s a reason He confronted what didn’t belong before carrying the weight of the cross.

You cannot carry the weight of what’s coming if you’re still full of what doesn’t belong.

God uses our Mondays to prepare us for the rest of the week — to clear space, realign priorities, and strengthen our spirit. Because a lot can happen in seven days.

So How Will You Start Your Monday?

Every Monday won’t be perfect. But how we start our week shapes how we walk through the next seven days.

Jesus knew Friday was coming.
He knew Sunday was coming.
But on Monday, He handled what needed to be handled.
Today, let’s focus on how we handle our Monday.

Amen and amen.