Lent 2022
A Piece of Peace
Read John 16:17-33 Shalom. I am a cancer-fighting mother and grandmother and my latest daily agenda of events had me on a search for peace. There was the corona virus...
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Lent 2022
Betrayal
Read Matthew 26:17-25 This passage, along with parallel passages in the other gospels, gives us a pretty good understanding of what is happening. The twelve original disciples were together celebrating...
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April 12, 2022
Lent 2022
Jesus Calling
Read Matthew 26:6-13 As I reflect on today’s passage, I see Jesus, the woman, and the disciples. Jesus knows that His time to die is near. His sole purpose for...
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April 11, 2022
Lent 2022
And So, It Begins
Read Matthew 26:1-5; 14-16 “As you know, the Passover is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified” (Matthew 26:2) I remember it...
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April 10, 2022
Lent 2022
Week 5 Reflection
Use this page either by yourself, with one or two other people or with your small group to reflect on how this week’s readings have impacted you. Reflect on...
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April 09, 2022
Lent 2022
Jesus’ Lament
Read Matthew 23:37-38 You can just hear the sadness and longing in Jesus’ words: lamenting over the city, the people. This whole chapter, He has been laying into them HARD...
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April 08, 2022
Lent 2022
Straight to the Heart
Read Matthew 23:29-36 In this final, “woe to you” statement Jesus makes to the teachers of the law and Pharisees, He emphasizes the obvious hypocrisy found in their pronouncements and...
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April 07, 2022
Lent 2022
Align My Heart
Read Matthew 23:23-28 How easy it is for me to skim this passage and make the assumption this couldn’t possibly apply to me! There are no passages I can think...
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April 06, 2022
Lent 2022
Blind Guides
Read Matthew 23:16-22 We’ve heard the spiritual heed many times before: “Be careful not to become like the Pharisees!” These were the early teachers of the Law whose decisions and...
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April 05, 2022
Lent 2022
Don’t Exalt Yourself!
Read Matthew 23:5-12 The God of the Universe wants a relationship with us and desires that we meditate on Him and His Word. In several passages of the Old Testament,...
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