Lent 2020
Jesus, Our Peace
Read Micah 5:3-5a and Ephesians 2:11-18 “And he will be our peace” (Micah 5:5a) We all long for peace. We long for wholeness, completeness, safety, and soundness. As far as...
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Eastbrook Church
Lent 2020
Why?
Read Hosea 1:2-10 and John 1:12 “In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’” (Hosea...
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March 05, 2020
Lent 2020
A Question with Only One Answer
Read Micah 7:18-20 and John 8:12 There is certainly much Scripture preceding Micah 7:18 but if you would allow the question in the first half of the verse to stand...
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March 04, 2020
Lent 2020
If I Were King of the Forest…
Read Jonah 4:1-11 and John 3:16-17 “If I were king of the forest,” the Cowardly Lion sang, things would happen the way I want them to. Maybe you’ve sung that...
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March 03, 2020
Lent 2020
Seek the Lord, Seek Justice
Read Amos 5:21-24 and Matthew 12:3-7 “Let justice flow like a river, and righteousness like a never-ending stream!” (Amos 5:24) Amos, one of the minor prophets, brought the word of...
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March 02, 2020
Lent 2020
Enduring Hope
Read Isaiah 42:1-4 and Matthew 12:15-21 ”He will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching the islands will put their hope.” (Isaiah 42:4)...
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March 01, 2020
Lent 2020
Week 2: Seeing the Mission of Jesus in the Old Testament Prophets
Throughout Scripture we read descriptions that shake us. We read of the brokenness and sin in the world, and of people who commit horrific acts of violence and destruction against others. And we know...
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March 01, 2020
Lent 2020
Bethlehem, the Unimportant Town
Read Micah 5:2-4 and Matthew 2:4-6 “The Lord says,’Bethlehem Ephrathah, you might not be an important town in the nation of Judah. But out of you will come for me...
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February 29, 2020
Lent 2020
Called Out
Read Hosea 11:1 and Matthew 2:13-15 As a little girl, my twin sister and I loved to play while my mother shopped in the department store. We would hide in...
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February 28, 2020
Lent 2020
Sacred Conception
Read Isaiah 7:10-15 and Luke 1:35 “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those...
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