The practice of Lent is an opportunity to follow Jesus who was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit for 40 days of prayer and fasting.
Together, we help each other say ‘no’ to all of the things that we consume and that consume us (Mt 4) so that we can say ‘yes’ to the Lord. In that saying ‘no’ to other things, we begin to feel hungry. And weak. We begin to feel our need. It has been there all along—this hunger—but it gets masked by the quick fix foods of our self, sin, and society. We can hide our hunger, but only in Jesus the bread of heaven can it be satisfied.
It is in the wilderness that we feel our need for Jesus and that we learn to receive his presence as a feast for our hungry souls. So many of us have no space for silence, speaking with and listening to the Lord and receiving love, strength, and guidance from him.
We long for a fresh start. We need a spiritual, physical, and emotional detox. So let’s clear out space to meet with him, and if it’s harder than we thought it would be, that just means we’re recognizing how much more we need him than we thought.
—Pastor Trevor
Join us on Sundays at 10am at Bureau Gravity.
2/22 Ash Wednesday
2/26—First Sunday of Lent
3/5—Second Sunday of Lent
3/12 —Third Sunday of Lent
3/19—Fourth Sunday of Lent
3/22—Wednesday Prayer & Fasting
3/26—Fifth Sunday of Lent
4/2—Palm Sunday
4/6—Maundy Thursday
4/7—Good Friday
4/8—Holy Saturday
4/9—Easter Sunday
Our art for Lent is called "Agony in the Garden" by John August Swanson. On what we now call Maundy Thursday, the night before Jesus died, Jesus went to the garden of gethsemane to pray. He asked his three dearest disciples to watch and pray with him, but they fell asleep.
This Lent, we long to be with Jesus, to watch and pray with him, to be awake to his heart and agony over sin, and to journey with him to his cross.
This year, we are also gathering for a Maundy Thursday service at City of Light for the first time. Make plans now to join us for this time of closeness with Christ.
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