Lent
Three Days Later>>>"Up from The Grave HE Arose"---
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Lent is 40 weekdays long excluding Sundays, so as to be in an attitude and posture
of praise on the Lord's Day. This year, Lent started on Ash Wednesday(Feburary 6,
2008)and will end on (Sat. March 22, 2008). From Biblical times until today, sprinkling
one's self with ashes has been symbolic of personal humility and remorse
for sin. The Hebrew word for fasting is "aw-nah" which means to afflict our souls to
the point of mourning over our own spiritual health as well as the spiritual health
of others. God the Father places a very high priority on humility and obedience.
Jesus
humbled Himself and He was obedient unto death on the cross for us. During Lent
we are
to humble ourselves, as we excercise self-denial, prayer and fasting. Lent is a
spiritual
posture, as we recall the great self-denial, passion and death of our Lord Jesus
Christ on Good Friday's cross for our sins. During Lent much of the world turns it's
attention to the cross of Jesus upon which the sinless one died for the sinner, so
that the sinner could potentially be restored, it's our choice - spiritual death or
resurrection. To those who reject Jesus, the cross looks like a barrier at the end of
a dead end street. But to us who follow Jesus and accept His sacrifice, the cross is
a huge plus sign silhouetted against the sky. To us, the cross of Jesus is a plus sign
that declares (ICor 1:18)" that the power of God has been added to
human life"
and we can live life more abundantly today. Oh Yes, Christmas is the season
but
Good Friday is eternally the reason. Thank You Jesus.
John 3:16 " For God so loved the world, that He gave His one
and only Son,
that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. "
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