Lent

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  Your Guide to Lent: Deepen Your Relationship with Christ This Easter Season This Lenten Season, as we consider the symbolism behind this sacred practice, may we invite God to go deep within our souls, removing everything that hinders our relationship with Him. Jennifer Slattery Feb 07, 2024
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  How the True Spirit of Valentine's Day Mirrors the Meaning of Lent This year, Valentine’s Day and the start of Lent falls on the same day. What does a day filled with heart-shaped boxes of chocolates and bouquets of roses have to do with a period of fasting and prayer in...
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  5 Ways to Teach Your Kids about Lent and Include Them in It These are deep topics for kids to understand, so consider Lent a time to introduce them to these concepts. Depending on their ages, it may be as simple as beginning to help them understand what sin is or as... Jaime Jo Wright Feb 05, 2024
• 10 Things for Couples to Give Up During Lent Do you have a significant other (a wife, husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, or fiancé)? If so, why not give something up as a couple? Not only will this unique spin on the typical Lenten practice help you grow... Brittany Ann Feb 05, 2024
• How to Know What You Should Give Up for Lent The options are numerous when it comes to fasting for Lent. The first thing we should do is pray and ask the Lord to lay something on our hearts that perhaps we have allowed to become an idol, distraction,...
• 7 Things for Pastors and Leaders to Give Up for Lent If you’re a pastor or leader and your congregation celebrates Lent, here are a few ideas for things you can give up for the Lenten season.
• How Participating in Lenten Traditions Opens Our Eyes to God’s Wonder Lent is a powerful season to grow closer to God and experience his wonder along the way. We can not only prepare for Easter during Lent, we can spark a fire of lifelong love for God in our souls.
• 7 Prayers to Say During Each Week of Lent Here are prayers for each week of Lent to communicate with Jesus as we journey with him through this sacred time leading up to Easter.
• 5 Reasons Why Christians Should Celebrate Lent By observing Lent, I take my relationship with God more seriously. Here are five reasons why Christians should celebrate Lent. Michelle S. Lazurek Jan 24, 2024
• The 6 Characters of Passion Week Passion Week is the week immediately preceding Easter. This is the week Jesus was crucified and risen from the dead. There are a few key characters that played pivotal roles in this event. It is important we...
• 5 Things about Palm Sunday That Remind Us Christ Is King In this Holy Week, may God direct our thoughts and attention towards what matters most, Jesus Christ our King... Debbie McDaniel Mar 28, 2023
• Is Lent More of a Ritual or a Spiritual Awakening? The original purpose of fasting and abstaining was to draw people to repentance of sins and remembrance of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross to atone for those sins. When we use these traditions to draw us... Sharla Fritz Mar 08, 2023