Sacrifice....
Inspired by my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, and others blogs I have read on Lent… I decided to really want to learn about lent. It has been one of those things that you know the basics of it but your not really sure why. I have done some reading and realized how important Lent really is for our walk with Jesus. In reading this excerpt from Rev. Kenneth Collins he states that "we avoid Lent because it isn't a happy and uplifting time...But in this we miss the whole point of the incarnation! God became flesh in Jesus. Jesus faced temptation. He suffered hunger and thirst, He suffered the agony of crucifixion. Jesus did not face these things so that we would be exempt from them, He faced these things so that we would have dignity in them.
Last night at our Bible study we talked about how we need to pray for God to reveal to us what He would like us to sacrifice for the 40 days. So that our motives of "giving up" something are not to loose weight or boast in look how long I can not do this....but to really make a connection with God in reflecting at this time with Him.
This Lent lets retreat into the Wilderness with Jesus.....
" Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock. Lent originated in the very earliest days of the Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and when converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism. By observing the forty days of Lent, the individual Christian imitates Jesus’ withdrawal into the wilderness for forty days. All churches that have a continuous history extending before AD 1500 observe Lent. The ancient church that wrote, collected, canonized, and propagated the New Testament also observed Lent, believing it to be a commandment from the apostles. " Rev. Kenneth W. Collins
Another excerpt that I read said...we need to "Give up neglecting God"...she says "instead of giving up chocolate this lent give up what most of us neglect-with more regularity than we care to admit-God".
“So let us show that we as Christians are not just Jesus’ groupies, we are His friends. Let us be bold to join Him, fasting in the wilderness for forty days during Lent; let us be bold to pray with Him, let us fearlessly stand at the foot of His cross on Good Friday, so that we may witness His Resurrection and His Ascension, and join in His triumphant reign. “ Rev. Kenneth Collins
In the wilderness…with Jesus!
J
Last night at our Bible study we talked about how we need to pray for God to reveal to us what He would like us to sacrifice for the 40 days. So that our motives of "giving up" something are not to loose weight or boast in look how long I can not do this....but to really make a connection with God in reflecting at this time with Him.
This Lent lets retreat into the Wilderness with Jesus.....
" Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock. Lent originated in the very earliest days of the Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and when converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism. By observing the forty days of Lent, the individual Christian imitates Jesus’ withdrawal into the wilderness for forty days. All churches that have a continuous history extending before AD 1500 observe Lent. The ancient church that wrote, collected, canonized, and propagated the New Testament also observed Lent, believing it to be a commandment from the apostles. " Rev. Kenneth W. Collins
Another excerpt that I read said...we need to "Give up neglecting God"...she says "instead of giving up chocolate this lent give up what most of us neglect-with more regularity than we care to admit-God".
“So let us show that we as Christians are not just Jesus’ groupies, we are His friends. Let us be bold to join Him, fasting in the wilderness for forty days during Lent; let us be bold to pray with Him, let us fearlessly stand at the foot of His cross on Good Friday, so that we may witness His Resurrection and His Ascension, and join in His triumphant reign. “ Rev. Kenneth Collins
In the wilderness…with Jesus!
J
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