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Tag Archives: Lent
Humble Fast
Ezra 8:21 (NIV) I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him . . . Why a humble fast? “There is a treatise by an old Puritan, called, ‘The soul fattening institution of … Continue reading
Wrong Fast
The people complained and God answered. Isaiah 58:3-4 (MSG) “Why do we fast and you don’t look our way? Why do we humble ourselves and you don’t even notice?” “Well, here’s why: The bottom line on your ‘fast days’ is … Continue reading
Why Fast?
Zechariah 7:4-5 (NIV) Then the word of the Lord Almighty came to me: “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really … Continue reading
Secret Fast
Matthew 6:16 (NTE) When you fast, don’t be gloomy like the play-actors. They make their faces quite unrecognizable, so that everyone can see they’re fasting. I’m telling you the truth: they have received their reward in full. Notice what Jesus … Continue reading
Holy Fast
Lots of folks fast during Lent. The idea calls for some serious thought. Joel 1:14 (MSG) Declare a holy fast, call a special meeting, get the leaders together. Round up everyone in the country. Get them into God’s Sanctuary for serious … Continue reading
Blessed Bread
The disciples faced thousands of hungry souls: Matthew 14:19-20 (ESV) Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he [Jesus] looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and … Continue reading
No Bread
Amos 8:11-12 (ESV) “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from … Continue reading
Good Bread
Matthew 7:9, 11 (ESV) Which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? . . . If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more … Continue reading
Tasteless Bread
Sometimes, like Job, I find a world of trouble on my table. I don’t want any of it–not even a nibble. Job 6:6 (MEV) Is tasteless food eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an … Continue reading
Lazy Bread
Let’s take a Lenten look at the noble woman of Proverbs: Proverbs 31:27 (NIV) She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. This bread leads to more than laziness. “Idle Christians are … Continue reading