This week in Ready for Lent we try to be “Ready for Unity” in the midst of an unusual situation. As the Coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are holding off on having services at the church for the time being, so today’s message addresses that situation. How do we find unity in times of struggle? What can we do when we don’t know what comes next? We trust that God will make us ready to help each other.
“Ready for Faith” is the next preparation point in Ready for Lent . How do we get ready for faith? Shouldn’t we already have faith? What is our faith? What do we have faith in? What should we have faith in? Let us be ready to follow Christ and get ready for Lent.
Our new series is Ready for Lent and “Ready for Temptation” is our first message. We are given examples of how to face temptation in today’s scripture, but what do they mean? What is one of our greatest temptations? Are we ready to face those things? We get ready for Lent by focusing on Christ.
Our final message from These 40 Days is “Celebrate the Now.” Are we so busy preparing for tomorrow that we forget today? Do we appreciate the people around us? Do we let others know that we are grateful? Â Let these 40 days be a time of preparation and revelation.
The latest message in These 40 Days is “Be Reconciled.” We are called to be reconciled to God, but what does that include? Do we put off doing important things? Should we? Let these 40 days be a time of preparation and revelation.
This Sunday brings us to the third message in These 40 Days. “Live Fruitfully” looks at how we live. Do we produce good spiritual fruits? Does fear keep us from doing all the good we could do? And do we all share the same fate? Let these 40 days be a time of preparation and revelation.
As we continue in These 40 Days we come to “Stand Firm.” Jesus and Paul both give examples if standing firm in faith. How do we handle doing things that are difficult? Do we use what limited time we have well? What happens when we are weak? Let these 40 days be a time of preparation and revelation.
As we begin These 40 Days, our series for Lent, we begin with “Pass the Test.” The story of Jesus being tempted paints a picture of his to pass the test of or own faith. But what should we learn from it? Do we ever put God to the test? How do we use our time? Do we use it wisely? Let these 40 days be a time of preparation and revelation.
In this last Sunday of Lent, we “Celebrate and Grieve.” We find great joy contrasted with deep sorrow today. How do these opposites relate to each other? These actions are central to Christianity. Let us prepare our hearts to Act with Christ.
