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Ian

Third Friday of Lent

Psalm 63:1-8, Daniel 12:1-4, Revelation 2:1-7 Often when we first come to know Jesus, our hearts are on fire. A colorful way of saying it is a “fire in the bones” or “fire in the belly”. In other words, we experience a change. For others,…

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Ian

Third Thursday of Lent

Psalm 22, Genesis 28:10–22, Luke 20:27-39 Jacob’s vision encouraged and assured him that God was real, and God had something planned for him. What the vision didn’t do was say everything was going to be easy, and that he (and his family) would always be…

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Ian

Third Wednesday of Lent

Psalm 105:1–15, 2 Chronicles 20:1–22, Luke 13:22–31 We often feel powerless in comparison to the world around us. The current pervasive feeling is that normal people do not have a voice in the government that is supposed to be theirs. Many people feel powerless in…

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Ian

Second Monday of Lent

Psalm 105, Exodus 33:1–6 Have you ever known people that no matter how much you might respect, like, or even love them, that spending a large amount of time with them would result in personal injury? It could be a parent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or…

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Ian

Second Friday of Lent

Psalm 23, Deuteronomy 10:12–22, Hebrews 4:4–13 Sleep is good. Rest is good. Too much of either is bad. Too little of either is bad. Sleep and activity must be balanced. All too often, however, neither of these are correctly balanced in our lives. The lazy…

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