The Season of Lent

Friday, April 15, 2011 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. Jeremiah 29:1-14 (excerpt) You and your family are rounded up by the crack of the whip. As the blood drips …

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me. O guard my life, and deliver me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you. – Psalm 25:20-21 (excerpt) Being …

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1-11 (excerpt) As humans we stand often stand condemned in two ways. We choose to live a life of excess, one in which we seek our own pleasure and happiness above all else. We purchase all the …

Monday, April 4, 2011 For thus says the Lord: Do not enter the house of mourning, or go to lament, or bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, my steadfast love and mercy. – Jeremiah 16:1-13 (excerpt) Paul instructs the Thessalonian church, “But we do not want …