Tag Archives: Lent

Taste Good

It’s Ash Wednesday, the first of the 40 days of Lent. Many Christians make fasting a part of their Lenten season. Some give up a meal a week, others a meal a day. Some fast from one type of food. … Continue reading

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Be Prepared – Have a Plan

  We talked about Lent and fasting in Sunday’s Bible class. We ended class with these questions:     What is God calling you to do during Lent? Do you have a plan? Don’t charge ahead with your own plan. … Continue reading

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Be Prepared – Think Ahead

  Ash Wednesday is two days away. It’s the start of Lent, the season of preparation that ends with Easter. What do you think about Lent?   I don’t (Lent isn’t on my radar) I fast – Lent calls for … Continue reading

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Fast Right

Isaiah 58:6 (NIV) Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?   Fasting done right makes … Continue reading

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Simply Fast

Joel 2:12 (ERV) This is the Lord’s message: “Now come back to me with all your heart. Cry and mourn, and don’t eat anything! Show that you are sad for doing wrong.”   Don’t fast half-heartedly, by rote, out of duty … Continue reading

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How the Fast Works

  Ezra 8:23 So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.   Fasting isn’t some magical method to get God to do what you want. It tunes your ears to hear His plan.

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What the Fast Does

    It’s not what we give up. It’s what we go after.   “Prayer is reaching out and after the unseen; fasting, letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepens, confirms the resolution that … Continue reading

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Let the Fast Begin

Lent starts this Wednesday–40 days (not counting Sundays) before Easter. A season of preparation. A time of prayer and fasting. Yes, fasting. What do you know about fasting? No food Sacrifice Not for me Fasting is less about giving something … Continue reading

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More Is Less

  “The more there is of us, the less there is of God.” Eugene Peterson (1932-2018) Transparent Lives

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Less Is More

  This Lent, Lord God, I want less of what pulls my attention away from you. I want more of You.

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