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Tag: Confession
Lent – March 17, 2024
Does our confession and surrender come from a place of feeling worthless or from our conviction that we need God to shape our desires?
Lent – March 3, 2024
Lent has been a watershed for me this year. How is God working in your life in this season?
Lent – February 25, 2024
God seems to be inviting me to consider how I'm part of the problem. Yes, what I'm navigating is challenging. But are there ways that I'm making it worse?
Lent – February 18, 2024
Some believe Lent is legalistic or object that the Bible doesn't teach us about Lent.
Praying Scripture – 2/17/2021 – Ash Wednesday
This is a re-post of my Praying Scripture post last year, but I'm praying it again today. Will you join me? 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD;2 Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.3 If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?4 But … Continue reading Praying Scripture – 2/17/2021 – Ash Wednesday
Praying Scripture – 3/4/2020 – Lent
Then I acknowledged my sin to youand I did not cover up my iniquity.I said, "I will confessmy transgression to the LORD."And you forgavethe guilt of my sin.. . . Many are the woes of the wicked,but the LORD's unfailing lovesurrounds the one who trusts in him.Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous;sing, … Continue reading Praying Scripture – 3/4/2020 – Lent
Holy, Chosen, and Dearly Loved
Confession isn't primarily about focusing on how awful I am or how badly I've blown it. It's about grace and forgiveness.
Praying Scripture – 2/26/2020 – Ash Wednesday
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD;2 Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.3 If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?4 But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.5 I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, … Continue reading Praying Scripture – 2/26/2020 – Ash Wednesday

