Category: Lent
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LENT: An Opportunity to Start Again A 40-Day Journey to Renewal LENT: An Opportunity to Start Again is a 40-day devotional for the season of Lent. The season of Lent refers to the 6 weeks of preparing our hearts leading up to Easter. I hope this 40-day journey will lead you into paths of freedom, ...
Good Friday – Two Saviors
“Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. 16 At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was JesusBarabbas. 17 So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?” (Matt. ...
What Difference Does Jesus Make In Your Life?
“And so here I am, preaching and writing about things that are way over my head, the inexhaustible riches and generosity of Christ. My task is to bring out in the open and make plain what God, who created all this in the first place, has been doing in secret and behind the scenes all ...
Things I No Longer Believe
“No eye has seen, nor ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him – but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.” (1 Cor. 2:9) What I have discovered is that our faith can sometimes be more about unlearning than learning. The old wineskins of ...
For the One Who is Exhausted
by John O'Donohue Lent gives permission to stop. To take inventory of how our life is unfolding. If you are exhausted, let this and allow it to bring rest to your runaway soul. When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic, Time takes on the strain until it breaks; Then all the unattended stress falls ...
DAY 18 – Corporate Confession
“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” James 5:16 (NOTE: This was written as a reflection during Lent after a time of corporate confession with one of my spiritual formation groups.) When I first mentioned the idea of ...
Day #15 – Solitude: Coming Home to our True Selves
“When we make a place for silence, we make room for ourselves. By making room for silence, we resist the forces of the world which tell us to live an advertised life of surface appearances, instead of a discovered life – a life lived in contact with our senses, our feelings, our deepest thoughts and ...
Day #11 A God-Fashioned Life – Part 3
And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you. Eph. 4:24 Simon Sinek is a leadership expert and author of multiple leadership best-sellers. It all started with his hugely popular 2009 book, Start With Why, ...
Day #9 A God-Fashioned Life – Part 2
“And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you” (Eph. 4:24, MSG). A God-Fashioned Life We pick up from yesterday… Salvation is God’s gift and action from beginning to end. Our salvation ...
Day #6 God is in Control
“By faith in Christ you are in direct relationship with God.” Galatians 3:24 I heard it again this week, and it made me cringe. I think it’s a Christian cop-out. Over coffee with a friend, we discussed the failing state of the economy and, in particular, its impact on our own personal financial situations. Then ...
Gail Johnsen 