Lent 2022 – Take Inventory

Listen to Jeremiah 5-6 Starting at Jeremiah 5:14-6:30 Lent is not for the faint of heart! As we read deeper and deeper into this book of Jeremiah, it gets harder and harder to read. In this chapter 5, God calls Himself – the Lord of Armies. Judgment is coming upon Israel and Judah! The Lord…

Lent 2022 – It’s Humbling

Listen to today’s reading in Jeremiah 3-5 (if you are reading along it you will pick up at Jeremiah 3:6-5:13) In today’sLent reading, We see two sisters being presented in the scriptures. We see 1st, Israel, which God calls unfaithful like a prostitute and the 2nd is Judah, who He calls Israel’s treacherous sister. King…

Lent 2022 – Hard Grace

Listen here to Jeremiah 1-3 Jeremiah chapter 1 is a recounting of how God called Jeremiah to the work of prophesying over the people of Jerusalem. The book is a recounting of why the people went into exile. Jeremiah 1:5 says, “I chose you before I formed you, in the womb, I set you apart…

Lent 2022 – That We Might Have Hope

I hope you are setting your heart on participating in Lent. It is a journey, and it’s not an easy one. Many people begin the journey of Lent and then do not finish. This journey is a road of preparation and testing where we are invited to set our faces towards the cross. Sometimes, facing…

Lent 2022 – The Invitation

This is an invitation! I start this reading through the Lent devotional that I’m doing today, but Lent doesn’t officially begin until March 2nd this year. Lent is a lot like a walk into the wilderness. It’s like when Jesus went for 40 days and 40 nights to be tempted by the devil, part of…

Lent 2022 – the layer by layer

At the beginning of this year, the Lord had given me three words to live by, and those words were awareness, humility, and curiosity. After I settled down into these words for the year, we rolled into 2022 and I sensed the Lord calling me to do a fast. My church’s denomination typically does a…