Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Lenten Season. The season begins with the reminder of death on Ash Wednesday and will end with resounding joy on Easter Sunday. This time of year provides Christians the opportunity to sit with Christ’s sacrifice and hopefully see the immense love he has for us.
Starting next week, Young Yi will share bi-weekly meditations for the Lenten Season accompanied with original photographs. These will be available to download as phone wallpapers on Instagram.
If this is the first time you are participating in Lent or are returning to it after many years, we wanted to provide some resources that can guide the next several weeks.
The Women Jesus Loved series, written In honor of International Women’s Day (March 8), Women’s History Month in the United States, and the Lenten season.
When God calls us to obedience, we often have fail-safe buffers. As I reflect on my ministry calling, I am grateful for my buffers: family a couple of hours plane ride away, the savings of migrant parents, basic Western education, a free and safe hospital birth. But, despite being lowly and without many privileges, Mary is obedient.
A lowly position can free people to be receptive to God’s calling. How might God challenge us, the mighty? What can we learn about the cost of obedience as we reflect on Mary this season and the other lowly people in our communities?
Lent Prayer Guide from Renewal Church in Philadelphia.
Like the season of Lent, this prayer guide is merely a discipleship tool meant to point us to Jesus. Therefore, feel free to utilize this guide however you like. It is broken up into 12 chapters: 1 chapter for each of the 6 weeks preceding Holy Week and 1 chapter for each of the 6 days of Holy Week. Each chapter includes a Scripture passage, a reflection on that passage, a written prayer, and a few prayer prompts. These chapters can be read in totality every day or you can pick and choose to do different elements on different days.
Holy Week Devotional series from Patreeya Thorn.
On Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, we separate ourselves from the voices of the crowd to face the Messiah as he asks each of us: “Who do you say that I am?”
The cross he heads toward forces a choice for every person who claims to follow him. Which will you choose? Man or Messiah? Religion or relationship? Denial or devotion? The crowd or the King?
Our Inaugural Young Writers Cohort daily devotions for Holy Week.
Have you experienced the power of Jesus’s forgiveness and fulfillment? As you reflect on the reasons on what makes today a dark solemn day, don’t forget the power of Jesus which trumps darkness at every bend and is yours to claim through faith in him.
Photo Credit: Grace Galligan