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Lent Journey - 2016Sample
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LENT IS FOR FASTING
DAILY PRAYER REQUEST: Lord, deepen our focus on you.
DAILY THOUGHT: SOCIALLY AWARE FASTING
Fasting, when it is genuine, will also lead us into a greater awareness of the suffering around us. We will find ourselves becoming more responsive to the needs in our midst, especially those oppressed by hunger and poverty. This could be one reason why the prophet Isaiah once cried out: “Is this not the fast I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the things of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not hide yourself from your own kin?”(Isaiah 58:6–7)
DAILY PRACTICE:
Pray the daily prayer request. Today meditate on the above words of Isaiah. How do you honestly respond to them? What do you sense God may be saying to you? Is there one way in which you can take seriously God’s challenge about socially aware fasting in the next twenty-four hours? Be as specific, creative and practical as you are able in thinking about this.
DAILY PRAYER REQUEST: Lord, deepen our focus on you.
DAILY THOUGHT: SOCIALLY AWARE FASTING
Fasting, when it is genuine, will also lead us into a greater awareness of the suffering around us. We will find ourselves becoming more responsive to the needs in our midst, especially those oppressed by hunger and poverty. This could be one reason why the prophet Isaiah once cried out: “Is this not the fast I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the things of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not hide yourself from your own kin?”(Isaiah 58:6–7)
DAILY PRACTICE:
Pray the daily prayer request. Today meditate on the above words of Isaiah. How do you honestly respond to them? What do you sense God may be saying to you? Is there one way in which you can take seriously God’s challenge about socially aware fasting in the next twenty-four hours? Be as specific, creative and practical as you are able in thinking about this.
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Lent is a time when we prepare ourselves for Easter. Lent Journey consists of 47 devotions to accompany us on this journey. We are invited to the undertake the journey with Jesus and thereby prepare ourselves for the t...
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