'Ash Wednesday' Tagged Posts
What Is Lent?
FAQs About Lent What is Lent? Learn about this 40-day season of the church year leading up to Easter (Note: Lent 2024 begins on Wednesday, February 14.) See Also Q: What is the significance of Lent? A: Early in the Church’s history, the major events in Christ’s life were observed with special observances, such as His birth, baptism, death, resurrection and ascension. As these observances developed, a period of time was set aside prior to the major events of Jesus’ birth and…
The First People Of The Passion—Adam And Eve
THE FIRST PEOPLE OF THE PASSION—ADAM AND EVE Daily Devotion for Lent | Wednesday, March 6 | Ash Wednesday For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:22 In old paintings of the crucifixion you will often see a human skull, right at the base of Jesus’ cross. Ask a museum guide and they will tell you that the skull is supposed to be Adam’s skull. It is a reminder of when…
Words to Humble and Strengthen You
From the Desk of Pastor Mech These words are intended to humble and strengthen you as we approach Lent. Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations… A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. -Isaiah 42 And now the Lord says‚ … “It is too small a thing for you…
Saved Through Water
Saved Through Water Daily Devotion for Lent | Wednesday, February 14, 2018 (Ash Wednesday) Read Mark 1:9-11. And when He came up out of the water, immediately He saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove. (Mark 1:10) Water is hard to talk about because it carries so many meanings. Water is a symbol of life— before birth we develop in the water of our mothers’ bodies, and gushing water is a sign…