Lent

Lent offers us an opportunity to come to terms with the human condition we may spend the rest of the year running from.

Discover a grace-filled approach to Lent for married couples, focusing on releasing unhealthy habits and embracing nurturing practices to strengthen your marriage. This season offers a powerful opportunity to dedicate more time to Jesus and intentionally focus on your spouse.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 46-day period of fasting and self-denial before Easter Sunday. If you participate in Ash Wednesday here are 5 prayers to guide you.

Each year, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. Often called the Day of Ashes, Ash Wednesday starts Lent by focusing the Christian’s heart on repentance and prayer, usually through personal and communal confession. Here's what you need to know about this significant holiday.

Lent is a 40-day journey (not counting Sundays) of six weeks, designed to help us focus on walking spiritually with Jesus on his way to the cross so we’ll be prepared to celebrate his resurrection on Easter. Reading Scripture from the Bible during Lent helps us pay close attention to the journey Jesus took as our Savior, as well as to the journey that Jesus is calling us to take in our lives to grow spiritually. Every Bible passage that relates to Lent can help us connect more closely with Jesus as we reflect on what he did for us, why it matters, and how it can empower us today.God promises in Jeremiah 29:13: “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Following a Scripture reading plan for Lent can help us seek God wholeheartedly and discover new aspects of who he is that inspire us and motivate us to grow closer to him. So, let’s look forward to what we can learn from reading his Word throughout Lent! Here’s a Scripture reading plan for all six weeks of Lent.Photo Credit: SWN Design

What if fasting this Lent actually transformed your habits, not just your diet? These 10 soul-deep shifts can clear out what is draining you and make space for freedom, peace, and a closer walk with God.

Lent is more than giving something up; it is your chance to rebuild your prayer life from the ground up. Discover 7 powerful shifts that can take your conversations with God from routine to life-changing.

I also take comfort in knowing that should such temptations arise again, He will be there to help me through. Anorexia does not have the final say in my Lenten season or my life; God does.

Oh, how I need the presence of Your Spirit! Please, God, as I look forward to Easter and the newness of spring, let it be a time of personal growth. Prune the branches in me that are not bearing fruit and cultivate the parts that are ready to flourish.

The options are numerous when it comes to fasting for Lent. The first thing we should do is pray and ask the Lord to lay something on our hearts that perhaps we have allowed to become an idol, distraction, or roadblock to our faith. Here are some examples.

If you want Lent to shape your faith rather than pass quietly by, this guide shows how prayer, fasting, and Scripture can lead to lasting spiritual change before Easter arrives.

For some Christians, praying over the 14 stations of the cross can be a good way to draw closer to Christ and meditate on the suffering and grace of God that leads to our salvation. Let’s take a look at the 14 stations of the cross, what they are, and why knowing about them can help us become better disciples of Jesus Christ.