Day 7-Wednesday. February 21st Coming to Jesus John 2:23-3:15 In a meeting that some have called the first “Nick at Nite”, the Jewish religious leader Nicodemus came to Jesus in the middle of the night. Why? Nicodemus was an important and influential leader on the high Jewish ruling council-a Pharisee. The Pharisees were a fundamentalist …
Day 7-Tuesday, February 20th Shaking Us Up Read John 2:13-22 It is a very human thing to want to take advantage of the Holy. Jesus travels to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. After entering the city, Jesus makes His way to the temple. Upon entering the temple courts, He finds, not a place of worship …
Day 6-Monday, February 19th Beyond Expectations Read John 2:1-12 As we enter this first full week of Lent, it is possible that the reality of the depth of this journey is beginning to set in. If you have chosen to fast during this season, it is also possible that this is proving to be quite …
Day 5-Sunday, February 18th A Day to Reflect. Each Sunday, we will take time to reflect on how God has been speaking to our hearts throughout the previous week. Look back through your journal, write down 3 things that God specifically revealed to your heart this week. Check your spiritual temperature. How committed are you …
Day 4-Saturday, February 17th Easily Impressed Read John 1:42-51 When we are children, we can be very easily impressed by almost anything. Our world is so small that we don’t realize that there are bigger and better things in the world. As we grow older, we become much harder to impress because we view ourselves …
Day 3-Friday, February 16th The Real One John 1:35-42 In the late 1800’s as Americans headed West to settle the frontier, families often had a final destination in mind, even if it was only a place they had read about in an East Coast newspaper. Some of these places, like San Francisco, were thousands of …
Day 2-Thursday. February 15th And So It Begins John 1:29-34 The ashes from yesterday have been washed away, and today we embark on this journey of Lent. This is a journey that we will take with Jesus of Nazareth, the Lamb of God, the Man of Sorrows. His time of preparation is over, and now …
Day 1-February 14th Ash Wednesday From Dust to Dust Joel 2:12-14 Today, as we begin the journey of Lent, we will gather with our church family and receive the sign of the cross in ash on our foreheads. These ashes come from the burning of the palm fronds from Palm Sunday the previous year. But …
Tuesday, December 26th Day 29 – God Is With Us John 1:1-4, 14 Today, the journey of Advent comes to an end as we have arrived at Christmas day. All the Advent candles have been lit and we are ready to light the white Christ candle in the center of our wreath. This Christ candle …
Tuesday, December 26th Day 26 – Meanwhile… Matthew 2:1-10 Meanwhile…on the other side of the world, a group of astrologers called “Magi” were perplexed and excited about a new bright star that had recently appeared in the eastern night sky. For them, this new star was a sign that something important had taken place-possibly the …
