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(1 Cor. 14, 26–40; Matt. 21, 12–14, 17–20) “My house will be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves” (Matthew 21:13). Everyone knows that the church requires reverence, concentration of thoughts, deep contemplation of God and standing in the presence of God, and yet who does this? They go to the church with the desire to pray, to stand in it for a while with warm zeal, and then thoughts begin to wander, and a bargaining takes place in the head even noisier than the one that the Lord met in the temple of Jerusalem. Why is this so? Because being in church is a reflection of your whole life. The way they live is how they behave in the church. The church influences and somewhat supports spiritual movements, but then the usual course of the spiritual order takes its toll. Therefore, if you want your stay in the church to be a worthy standing before the face of the Lord, prepare for this by living an ordinary life; walk as much as you can in a prayerful mood. This work will bring you to the point where you will stand in reverence all the time in church. This same reverence will inspire you to reverence in everyday life. So you will go higher and higher. God help me, start! You might be interested in: