Category: Lent
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3rd Sunday Sabbath Rest – Prayer Posture
No matter your method, prayer is the conversation of speaking AND listening to God. Let’s go.
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Day 16 Swollen Feet and Old Clothes?
Thankfully we are not called to wander in the wilderness, our journey is in a divided and materialistic technology-driven society. Be encouraged, God does know what we need and walking with us.
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Day 14 I Shall Not Want
Look at family photos and count your blessings. Find past photos of your church family and learn from our past. What are some of the hopes and dreams that you once had? Are they still attainable? Will you work to their fulfillment? Have new and better dreams come to fulfillment in their place?
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Day 13 Levites are Hosts of Grace
Identify someone you could extend grace and forgiveness toward and go do it. Reach out in the tradition of the Levites and call others to join you in repentance and healing. You will be giving one of the greatest gifts you could possibly share.
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Day 12 Entering with No Reservations
Make a reservation with a friend to share your list and listen to their feedback. Break bread as you are able and enjoy the fellowship with the People of God and a little milk and honey!
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Lent: 2nd Sun. Sabbath Rest – A Jubilee
Read: Leviticus 25.8 (NRSV) The year of Jubilee is the year after seven sets of seven years. It is a celebration of grace and forgiveness. Today we lift this aspect of Sabbath as we prepare for a time of Jubilee at Easter. Think of the books, tools, and serving dishes you have been meaning to…
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Day 7 Time in the Mountains
We are called to be resting in the arms and heart of God. When we sing, study, serve, forgive, and celebrate the God-with-us in the Spirit we are usually more active; it is not a day for sleeping.
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Day 10 Spies Like Us
Read: Numbers 13:25 (NRSV) Moses sends a reconnaissance party to spy on those who are living in the Promised Land. Most likely the Hebrews assumed that the land flowing with milk and honey would be uninhabited and ready for them to walk into without effort. This is not the case. We see the fruit of…
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Day 9 How Fast is Fasting?
Spiritual fasting becomes a spiritual discipline, not just from depriving the body but when we also shift our attention to the time and energy needed to grow in God.
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Day 8 Many Footprints Make Our Foundations
Read: Exodus 26.14-26 (NRSV) One of the amazing features of the Hebrews wandering in the wilderness is that their place of worship was a mobile tent of meeting. It had tall walls made of multiple frames and panels stretched over poles of cedar. Silver bowls were located at the lower ends of the poles. In…
