Lenten Devotional for April 1

Lenten Devotional for April 1

“Suffering” SCRIPTURE And not only that, but we also boast in our suffering, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured...
Lenten Devotional for April 1

Lenten Devotional for March 31

“Kinship” SCRIPTURE How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down upon the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down over the collar of his robes. It is like the dew of Hermon,...
Lenten Devotional for April 1

Lenten Devotional for March 30

“Accepting Grace” SCRIPTURE So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating; and no one gave him anything. But...
Lenten Devotional for April 1

Lenten Devotional for March 29

“Following” SCRIPTURE And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it...
Lenten Devotional for April 1

Lenten Devotional for March 28

“The Image of God” . SCRIPTURE And God created the human in God’s image, in the image of God they were created, male and female God created them. —Genesis 1:27 DEVOTIONAL The Hebrew word for, “image” was never to be translated as a physical appearance –...
Lenten Devotional for April 1

Lenten Devotional for March 27

“Love Your Enemy” SCRIPTURE “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes...
Lenten Devotional for April 1

Lenten Devotional for March 26

“Letting Go” SCRIPTURE Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies...
Lenten Devotional for April 1

Lenten Devotional for March 25

“Accepted” SCRIPTURE See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are. —1 John 3:1 DEVOTIONAL One of the most influential theologians of the 20th Century, Paul Tillich writes, “Sometimes…a wave of...
Lenten Devotional for April 1

Lenten Devotional for March 24

“Division” SCRIPTURE So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for...
Lenten Devotional for April 1

Lenten Devotional for March 23

“Changing While There’s Time” SCRIPTURE Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit...