Lenten thought #9: fasting is about subtracting things from our life, yes but it is also about adding; we add prayer and praise; we add study as we divide the word of truth; we add service to multiply ministry. Fasting has all the maths. #Lent
Lenten thought #8: If all our prayers are about self, what we need or want, then we are doing it wrong. Completely wrong. And I'm going to need some of you to remind me about that because I sure do spend a lot of time praying for what I want. #lent
Lenten thought #2– It was the Holy Spirit’s idea, so to speak, to send Jesus into the wilderness of temptation. Keep that in mind next time you start talking about God’s plan for your life. #Lent2025
David prayed for the Lord to clean his heart. It takes an act of God to clean a heart, but a person must want a clean heart--uncontaminated by greed, lust, idolatry, and hatred. I'm not convinced most people want a clean heart, and by most people I mean me most days. #lent2025