Lent: 40 days (excluding Sundays) between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Why 40 days?
Per the Bible,
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- 40 days of rain for Noah (Genesis 7)
- 40 days on Mt. Siani for Moses to meet with God (Exodus 24)
- 40 days for Goliath to threaten the Israelite army (1 Samuel 17)
- 40 days for the people of Nineveh to change their ways (Jonah 3)
- 40 days for Jesus to be tempted in the wilderness (Mark 1)
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40 days to wait, 40 days to grow, 40 days to think, 40 days to change, 40 days to victory.
Philippians 2:13 (CEV)
God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.
40 days of God at work.
