MONDAY, FIFTH WEEK OF LENT Invitation to Rest The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. —Psalm 23:1-3 When I was…

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT Following Your Conscience I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. —Jeremiah 31:33 As far back as…

SATURDAY, FOURTH WEEK OF LENT How Is Your Lent Going? Now that we are at the end of the fourth week of Lent, this is an excellent time to review the past few weeks. How has this season been for…

FRIDAY, FOURTH WEEK OF LENT Jesus Has Been There The Lord is near to the broken-hearted and saves the crushed in spirit. —Psalm 34:18 Given the choice, I would prefer to follow a God who would protect me from ever…

THURSDAY, FOURTH WEEK OF LENT Idolatry Today They have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it. —Exodus…

WEDNESDAY, FOURTH WEEK OF LENT Commas, Not Periods My Father is still working, and I also am working. —John 5:17 A couple of times I have seen a meme online that says, “Don’t put a period where God has placed…

TUESDAY, FOURTH WEEK OF LENT Fake-It-Till-You-Make-It Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea. —Psalm 46:2 My personality type tends toward worry and fear more than most. Maybe…

MONDAY, FOURTH WEEK OF LENT It Gets Better No more shall the sound of weeping be heard, or the cry of distress. —Isaiah 65:19 Since my brother’s daughter Tanika, choked and drowned in a public pool, friends and family members…

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT Modern-Day Messengers Early and often did the Lord, the God of their ancestors, send his messengers to them, for he had compassion on his people. —2 Chronicles 36:15 What messengers has God sent you recently —and…