Lent 2019
Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday.
During this time Christians often sacrifice something in our lives and replace it with extra time in fellowship with God preparing ourselves to celebrate Easter.
Your fellow church members have written some devotionals for each day to help get your extra time with God started. The focus of this year’s Lent readings are the spiritual disciplines of giving, praying and fasting. Matthew 6:1-19 says when you give…..when you pray….when you fast……. Ecclesiastes 4:12 says; A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Giving, Praying and Fasting used together in the life of a Christian makes a strong powerful connection to God. Enjoy your extra time with God!
March 7th, 2019
GIVING
Luke 21
Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, 2 and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
3 And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”
Does your giving hurt a little? There is one sure way to see that it does and it doesn’t have anything to with 10% of your gross or net pay. It has to do with giving just a little more than last month. In doing this, Jesus said the widow gave more than all of them because she gave all that she had.
Pastor Ian Butler
