Lenten Reading, Day 29
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 29
Text: Romans 12:9-21
“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Lenten Reading, Day 28
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 28
Text: John 15:1-17
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends”
Day 28 Fourth Tuesday In Lent – Devotional Guide
INTO THE LIGHT: “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment.”
Father John- Tuesday of the 4th Week of Lent
Father John talks about the story of King Saul searching for an heir. It’s a story about how God sees the nature of our heart.
It Is Not So Among You!
“How much of our life is spent trying to acquire what we do not have? We hurry through life – competing and acquiring…It begins the day we are born”
Day 27 Fourth Monday In Lent – Devotional Guide
SOUL SEARCH: It is best when we focus our energy on things we can do something about, and leave the rest to God.
Lenten Reading, Day 27
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 27
Text: Mark 10:35-45
“…it is not so among you; instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant!'”
Lenten Reading, Day 24
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 24
Text: 1 Chronicles 16:7-36
“The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, ‘The Lord is king!'”
Day 24 Third Friday In Lent – Devotional Guide
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE: God doesn’t really ‘need’ us, so why does God love us… even going to the cross?
Day 23 Third Thursday In Lent – Devotional Guide
STRIVE FOR THE KINGDOM: “Striving for the kingdom means putting someone else’s needs above our own. Striving for the kingdom means working for justice where we see injustice…”
Father John- Thursday of the 3rd Week of Lent
Father John tells us about Romans 13:8-14 and the Apostle Paul’s list of do’s and don’ts and why Paul may be so worked up about it.
Am I My Sister’s Keeper
The story of Ruth and Naomi holds an answer to an old, old issue: Humankind has always had to figure out how to handle adversity. How do we rally when everything on earth we know and love is tragically stripped away? How do we go on, how do we move forward?
Lenten Reading, Day 22
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 21
Text: Philippians 4:1-9
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
Day 22 Third Wednesday In Lent – Devotional Guide
PASSING THE TORCH: “Now Moses is getting ready to leave them. He will not accompany them into the promised land; he has been told to pass the torch to Joshua.”
Day 21 Third Tuesday In Lent – Devotional Guide
LISTEN AND HEAR: “…we are God’s beloved, and God wants to spend time with those whom he loves. That is the rock on which we stand.”
Father John- Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Lent
In John 15 Jesus says “I am the true vine”. Father John explains how Jesus’ words hold a straightforward, challenging message, but one that is ultimately about God’s love for us.
Lenten Reading, Day 21
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 21
Text: Ephesians 5:6-20
“Therefore do not be associated with them, for once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. Try to find out what is pleasing…
Lenten Reading, Day 20
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 17
Text: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15
“The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.”
Guidance on Giving
In our reading for today, 2 Corinthians 9:1-15, Paul is encouraging the Corinthian churches to give generously “for the needs of the saints” which will “overflow with many thanksgivings to God.”
Day 20 Third Monday In Lent – Devotional Guide
THE FULFILLMENT: “…when I think about the people who knew me during those years it is not surprising that many of them did not understand my conversion.”
Lenten Reading, Day 17
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 17
Text: Hebrews 6:13-20
“In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it by an oath…”
Lent Day 17 Second Friday In Lent – Devotional Guide
PRAYER AND: “to be effective pray-ers, we need to be effective lovers…real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love”
Father John- Thursday of the 2nd Week of Lent
Father John gives some insight into a passage from Paul’s letter to the Colossians (3:1-17) and how his advice to the Christians in Colossae is good advice for us as well.
Lenten Reading, Day 16
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 15
Text: Romans 4:13-25
“For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith.”
Lenten Reading, Day 15
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 15
Text: Luke 12:22-34
“Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.”
Second Wednesday In Lent – Devotional Guide – Day 15
THE TENSION THAT MOLDS US: “Lord God, thank you for your never giving up on us. And even when it creates a tension between us Lord, step in and make a way for us to be united once again.”
Father John- Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent
Today in Father John’s series on Lent, he shares a passage from Epheasians (5:6-20). In it Paul encourages us to not be distracted or led away from the light of God that comes through Christ.
Lenten Reading, Day 14
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 14
Text: Isaiah 51:1-16
“Listen to me, my people,and give heed to me, my nation, for a teaching will go out from me and my justice for a light to the peoples.”
Second Tuesday In Lent – Devotional Guide – Day 14
THE ILLUSION OF FREEDOM: “…with freedom comes responsibility. As human beings our responsibility may be to live and let live; but as Christians, our responsibility is to love our fellow brothers and sisters.”
When Everything Seems Lost
The story of Ruth and Naomi holds an answer to an old, old issue: Humankind has always had to figure out how to handle adversity. How do we rally when everything on earth we know and love is tragically stripped away? How do we go on, how do we move forward?
Lenten Reading, Day 13
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 13
Text: Ruth 1:15-17
Do not press me to leave you, to turn back from following you!…
your people shall be my people and your God my God.”
Second Monday In Lent – Devotional Guide – Day 13
BLESSED ARE…: ” We have been in this Lenten study for almost 2 weeks. Perhaps you are taking the call to repentance seriously and you wonder when you will turn the corner and feel forgiven.”
Hymns of Hope – What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Joanne Lorenzo performs the hymn “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”, and talks about the origins of the hymn as well as the message of hope this hymn offers us today.
First Friday In Lent – Devotional Guide – Day 10
If you have ever been forgiven, you know the goal is freedom! There is no greater feeling on earth than having your guilt lifted but to know that you have to have experienced it!
Lenten Reading, Day 10
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 10
Text: 1 John 1:5-10
“If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Father John- Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent
Today in Father John’s series on Lent, he shares a passage from Romans (4:13-25). Father John explains how the central idea of this text is about love.
First Thursday In Lent – Devotional Guide – Day 9
In this season of Lent, we seek to deepen our relationship with Jesus as the Christ through confession and repentance. But confession and repentance are only part of what makes us whole in Christ.
Lenten Reading, Day 9
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 9
Text: Ephesians 4:25-5:2
“Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice.”
Reconciled
God’s greatest desire is for things to be OK between humanity and God. God wants to welcome us home no matter how far we have traveled.
First Wednesday In Lent – Devotional Guide – Day 8
The problem is in the grey area, where the stumbling blocks are. Most of us know pure evil when we see it, but good seems to be more relative.
Lenten Reading, Day 8
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 8
Text: Luke 15:11-32
“…we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.”
First Tuesday In Lent – Devotional Guide – Day 7
The Psalmist’s cry for the children to listen is one all loving parents implore: ‘Listen my children, love what is good, seek peace and pursue it, enjoy life and keep from doing what is wrong.’
Lenten Reading, Day 7
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 7
Text: Matthew 18:21-35
“Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if my brother or sister sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said…”
Father John- Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent
Today in Father John’s series on Lent, he shares a passage from Isaiah (51:1-12). It reminds us that we need to seek God’s goodness, a goodness that exists within each one of us.
Ashamed and Forgiven
Ultimately, we are naked before God. Our nakedness comes from the understanding that God sees it all.
Lenten Reading, Day 6
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 2 (series 1)
Text: Romans 8:1-17
“Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…”
First Monday In Lent – Devotional Guide – Day 6
As disciples of the Christ, we have to do what is required of us, not just what we feel like doing at the time.
Lenten Reading, Day 2
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 2 (series 1)
Text: Romans 8:1-17
“Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…”
Lenten Reading, Day 1
Lenten Daily Reading – Day 1 (series 1)
Text: Luke 4:1-13
“Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan…”
Father John 1st Thursday of Lent
Today Father John shares his first talk for the season of Lent. He helps us take a look at Psalm 51 through the lens of the bible translation ‘The Message’ by Eugene Peterson.