LEAN INTO LENT DAY 40
(Psalm 139:15-16) When I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depth of the earth, Your eye saw my unformed substance; in Your book were written every one of them, the days that were formed for me when as yet there was none of them.
How miraculous that God knows every human He has ever formed, knowing both when and where we would be born, what our gifts would be,…..
LEAN INTO LENT DAY 39 Maundy Thursday
(Psalm 104:35-36) I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the Lord. Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bles the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord.
Those of us who know the Lord and worship Him love to…..
LEAN INTO LENT DAY 38
(Colossians 1: 15-18) He (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For buy Him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions, or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him and He is before all things, and in…..
LEAN INTO LENT DAY 37
Colossians 3:16-17 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
During Lent, it’s a good time to look how we spend our time. What do we…..
LEAN INTO LENT DAY 35
(Romans 10:9) If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved….(Romans 10L13) For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
This assurance is for all people, for John reminds us in chapter 3:16 that God chose to save those who believe in Jesus as Lord. It has nothing to do with our…..
From Restore My Soul Psalms: A Lenten Journey
MY PSALM 313 HOSANNA AND PRAISE
Almighty Father, Prince of Peace, Holy Spirit my comfort, What joy to come with songs of joy To pray to Your Presence in heaven this day, Lifting Your Name, Almighty. in overflowing praise.
Dear Father, You sent Your Son to fill our hearts With the joy of our salvation. The fountains and springs and rivers and oceans Shout Your Name in exultant praise and worship. The…..
LEAN INTO LENT DAY 34
(John 10: 27-30) “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father Who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
The assurance that Jesus not only knows…..
LEAN INTO LENT DAY 33
(Psalm 84”10-12) A single day in Your court is better than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked. For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, what…..
LEAN INTO LENT DAY 32
(Joshua 1: 9) Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord Your God is with You wherever you go.
Remember the first song you learned: “Jesus Loves Me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so!”? This assurance comes to us from passages such as this message to Joshua. Yes, it was meant to strengthen him for the tasks ahead, very real times of possible stress……
LEAN INTO LENT DAY 31
(Joshua 1:8) This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Although this was directed at Joshua, can we not agree with its advice? We are to study what God wants us…..