April 6, 2022
by Patrick Pace
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Lent Devotionals 2022
| Tags: Jesus, Lent, repentance, king, sheep, shepherd
Sheep wander the lowland darkness, nibbling at the hardwoods that grow among the bogs and the burnt hollows. An impossible ridge separates them from green meadows, azure pools, and the golden throne of God, and the flock knows it not. Wolves also wander there. And we, the sheep, follow in their wolvery....
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March 31, 2022
by Cindy Moser
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Lent Devotionals 2022
| Tags: Jesus, Lent, spring, Rest, cleaning
At this time of year spring is showing itself everywhere. Even the word Lent itself means spring, and the Lenten season has been described as a 40-day springtime for the soul....
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March 23, 2022
by Glenna Hajek
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Lent Devotionals 2022
| Tags: Lent, forgiveness, Rest, repentance, tears
King David had enemies who wanted to kill him. He poured out his heart in this song, the first of seven penitential psalms, and though I am not a warrior with adversaries in pursuit, I know what it is like to be grievously misunderstood. At night, while trying in vain to sleep, the unfairness of it all brings copious tears, prompts twisting of the sheets and grappling with...
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March 17, 2022
by Peter Hajek
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Lent Devotionals 2022
| Tags: Lent, renewal, Devotional, repentance
David starts out this psalm on a high note. He doesn’t muddle around with eyes downcast as he considers his failures and those of his people. Per the Living Translation, “O what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven; whose sin is put out of sight!” (vv.1-2) Wow, talk about skipping straight to dessert......
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March 10, 2022
by Frank Simon
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Lent Devotionals 2022
| Tags: Lent, Devotional, waiting
In Psalm 130, the writer pours out his anguish for his sins against almighty God, along with his urgent request for mercy. “If you, O Lord should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand,” the psalmist says in despair....
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March 3, 2022
by Laura Dickerson
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Lent Devotionals 2022
| Tags: Lent
"He regards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer" (Ps 102:17)...
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March 25, 2021
by Patrick Pace
| Tags: Lent, hope, light, darkness, Easter, sunset
We near Easter as the disciples neared the resurrection. Indeed, we near our own resurrection as they neared his. Christ has gone, and yet we walk. But like those pinks and oranges, like the stars that break the black, the Spirit now breathes Christ into all the empty spaces....
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March 18, 2021
by Bob Kerstetter
| Tags: Lent, hope, Joel, Judgment
“Yet even now,” the Lord says, “return to me with all your heart...
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March 11, 2021
by Annette Bergsagel
| Tags: Lent, fasting, satisfaction
"When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what i...
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March 4, 2021
by Frank Simon
| Tags: Lent, 1 Thessalonians, silence
Psalm 62:5
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him....
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February 25, 2021
by Cindy Moser
| Tags: Lent, hope, Devotional, Easter, power
Ash Wednesday recently fell in the middle of an historic winter storm in Texas......
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February 19, 2021
by Peter Hajek
| Tags: Jesus, Lent, bread, wilderness
"Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry" (Matthew 4:1-2)....
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April 2, 2020
by Jeff Harding
| Tags: Lent, home, family, reconciliation
Christ shattered that spiritual wall, and He calls us to forgive and seek reconciliation because He reconciled us to the Father. Allow for space, but don’t let tension build at home during this season of isolation....
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March 26, 2020
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| Tags: Lent, reconciliation, walks, covid-19, neighbors
The highlight and habit of my days during COVID-19 is taking walks. Can you relate?...
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March 12, 2020
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| Tags: Lent, reflection
For most of my life, I’ve equated Lent with practices which help us to be “ready” to celebrate Easter......
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March 6, 2020
by Mike Stroh
| Tags: Lent, reconciliation, ashes
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation (Romans 5:10-11 ESV)....
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March 6, 2020
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| Tags: Lent, reconciliation, urgency
“So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift” (Matthew 5:23-24).
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April 11, 2019
by Mike Stroh
| Tags: Lent, Devotional, Jesus, christ, Easter
Psalm 103:13-17[13] As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. [14] For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. [15] As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; [16] for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. [17] But the steadfast love of ...
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March 15, 2019
by Phil Bryan
| Tags: Lent, Devotional, christ, Jesus, Easter, Resurrection
Perhaps it's because I didn't grow up observing Lent that I seem to find it in the oddest places.Like in the bottom of a sinking boat filled with flopping fish.When I think of Lent these days, I think of three thingsself-reflection, repentance, and giving something upand Luke 5:1-11 has all three.Peter finds himself in an awkward situation.A carpenter/rabbi is giving him f...
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February 9, 2018
| Tags: Ash, Lent
Ash Wednesday
FEB 14, 11:45 AM & 6:30 PM...
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