2nd Sunday in Lent – Year C
GENESIS 15: 1-12, 17-18In spite of the visions God shared with Moses and Moses’ experience of faith in God’s promises, Moses is skeptical.Question: Have you ever felt like Moses? How did you overcome it?PHILLIPIANS 3: 17-4:1Paul holds before us an ideal of how the Christian is to embrace his Christian life. Question: Is your faith life strong enough to apply Paul’s words to your daily life? If not, what must you do to accomplish that?LUKE 13: 31-35Jesus’ unconditional love is seen in the tender way He encourages his followers. Question: Are you able to apply Jesus’ behavior in your...
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DEUTERONOMY 26: 1-11Our response to the generosity of God’s gifts is taught in this lesson.Question: Do you freely give back to God from his gifts to you in ministry? What is it you do?ROMANS 10: 8-13Paul shares the theology from which the first Christian creeds were established. To know Jesus the Christ in a personal manner was and is a necessity.Question: Is knowledge of Jesus born of your lips or your heart? How does your life reflect this belief?Luke 4: 1-13Jesus is tempted by Satan. Look closely at how Jesus responds to each question. Never does Jesus compromise His...
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Lent 2019 We will soon be entering the Season of Lent. Lent is not only a time for us personally to look inward as it were “soul searching” but it is also the Church inviting us corporately and collectively as the People of God to introspection and study. It is not meant to be just passive or static. It is calling us into discernment about we are as the Body of Christ and individually as a follower of Jesus Christ. For me each Lent has usually been a time fo growth. Not always profound but always something I can...
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When I think of Lent, I think of daffodils. To bloom, daffodils must have a period of quiet (twelve to sixteen weeks) underground in the silent, cool darkness. During that time, a daffodil slowly develops roots as it takes in nutrients from the soil. It then goes dormant, resting, before beginning the inner formation of the future flower. Finally the leaves push through the soil to the light, the first sign of the inner silent growth. The foliage, its life supported by the strong roots slowly grown during the quiet resting time, is able to withstand snow and freezing...
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