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Apr 8 2017

40 Day Devotional 2017- Day 34

Here are the links to the DAY 34 devotional options for Lent 2017

A Journey into God’s Heart for Justice and Compassion.

Convincing Proofs of God’s KingdomConvincing Proofs of God’s Kingdom

So he [Jesus] replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the Good News is preached to the poor.”
— LUKE 7:22

 

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40 Days - Day 34Face to Face

The heavens are telling of the greatness of God and the great open spaces above show the work of His hands.
— PSALM 19:1 (NRSV)

 

 

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Edition 3: Day 34What Jesus Is Doing Right Now

“…because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them”
 — Hebrews 7:24-25

 

 

Apr 7 2017

40 Day Devotional 2017- Day 33

Here are the links to the DAY 33 devotional options for Lent 2017

A Journey into God’s Heart for Justice and Compassion.

Royal Gardeners

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Because of this the land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea are swept away.”
— HOSEA 4:1–3

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40 Days - Day 33The Only Saviour

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
— JOHN 6:68-69

 

 

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Edition 3: Day 33Prayer, Refugees, and Global Impact

“Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing”
 — I Timothy 2:8

 

 

Apr 6 2017

40 Day Devotional 2017- Day 32

Here are the links to the DAY 32 devotional options for Lent 2017

A Journey into God’s Heart for Justice and Compassion.

The Ten Commandments: Shaping Community

“See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them . . .”
— DEUTERONOMY 4:5

 

 

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40 Days - Day 32Dwelling in the Land

Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.
— PSALM 37:3–4 (NLT)

 

 

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Edition 3 :Day 32Proclamation Prayer

“’In the name of Jesus Christ from Nazareth, walk.’ Taking him by the right hand he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet…walking and jumping, and praising God…all the people saw him…”
— Acts 3:6-9

 

 

Apr 5 2017

40 Day Devotional 2017- Day 31

Here are the links to the DAY 31 devotional options for Lent 2017

A Journey into God’s Heart for Justice and Compassion.

Shattering the Culture of “Us and Them”

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
— GENESIS 1:27

 

 

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40 days - Day 31Engaged and Disengaged

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? … If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day … then you will find your joy in the LORD…”
— ISAIAH 58:6, 13–14

 

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Edition 3: Day 31Ministry from above

“…he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion…And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms”
— Ephesians 1:20-21; 2:6

 

 

Apr 4 2017

40 Day Devotional 2017- Day 30

Here are the links to the DAY 30 devotional options for Lent 2017

A Journey into God’s Heart for Justice and Compassion.

A New Name
The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand.  Am I not sending you?” “But Lord,” Gideon asked, “how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” The Lord answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites together.”
— JUDGES 6:14-15

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40 Days - Day 30Christ’s Ambassadors

Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead
— GALATIANS 1:1 

 

 

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Edition 3: Day 30Selfless Intercession

“For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race, the people of Israel”
— Romans 9:3-4

 

 

Apr 3 2017

40 Day Devotional 2017- Day 29

Here are the links to the DAY 29 devotional options for Lent 2017

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A Widow’s Mite

“Jesus looked up and saw some rich people tossing their gifts into the offering box. He also saw a poor widow putting in two pennies. And he said, “I tell you that this poor woman has put in more than all the others. Everyone else gave what they didn’t need. But she is very poor and gave everything she had.”

— LUKE 21:1-4 (CEV)

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40 Days - Day 29What’s in Your Boat

…the disciples woke him (Jesus) and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
— MARK 4:38–39

 

 

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Edition 3: Day 29A Reflection on Prayerlessness

“…You do not have, because you do not ask”
— James 4:2, ESV

 

 

Apr 2 2017

Mini-Easter Celebration Sunday #5

The six Sundays are not counted among the forty days of Lent because each Sunday represents a “mini-Easter” – a celebration of Jesus’ victory over sin and death.

Ann Voskamp, author of One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, has shared her experience of making  an Easter garden which she has cleverly called ‘A Visual Parable.’ Ann initiated her journal entry with these thoughts:

“Our beginning, and our mortal fall, began in a garden.
Christ’s beginning to right that fall began in a garden, passion anguish dripping great drops of blood.
Our new beginning began in a garden, stone rolled away to that echoing tomb, shroud whispering in the wind.”

For today’s celebration, let’s give praise for the new beginning that has emerged through Christ’s sacrifice by creating our own visual parable, which will provide,  as Ann adds, “a miniature remembering of the grief of old beginning, the dazzling wondering of new beginnings.”

Family Craft – Plant an Easter Garden

Step 1 – Fill a round, shallow planter with soil.

Step 2 – Lay out a path of stones leading to the ‘tomb,’ which can be a simple arrangement of three rocks.

Step 3 –  Insert a small cup into the soil to hold the water for the pond.

Step 4 – Add plants, a cactus or two and moss, as desired.

Ann offers these final instructions for making your Easter Garden: A Visual Parable complete:

“Come Palm Sunday, we’ll plant some seeds, resurrection hope in the dark of the earth, and line the path with smalls candles, miniature garden torches, for the Light is coming. And we’ll begin the path and each day light another wick… until Good Friday, when all went dark.

And in the evening of Good Friday, the children will shape a caterpillar out of modeling wax, swath it in a small square of silk, tuck it in the moss outside the grotto with stone over the entrance….

On Saturday, we’ll remember and we’ll wait.

Come Sunday, Easter morn early, in first light dawning, we’ll roll back the tomb, see only the husk of silk left behind, a butterfly a light in the branches of tree over the Tomb and we too will ask, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” (LUKE 24:5) He is alive!

This is our week to walk the path from Lent to Easter, from dark to Light, from cocoon confinement to conquering in Christ and the Easter garden will unfold, a parable, a living visual of the metamorphosis of all the cosmos.”