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    The Sanctuary for Lent 2019 (Pkg of 10)
    The Sanctuary for Lent 2019 (Pkg of 10)
    The Sanctuary for Lent 2019 (Pkg of 10)
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    The Sanctuary for Lent 2019 (Pkg of 10)

    By Juan Huertas

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    The Sanctuary for Lent 2019, contains brief readings for each day in Lent, including Scripture, a short devotion, and a brief prayer. These daily readings help readers faithfully journey Lent as they prepare to experience the joy of the Resurrection. Sold in packs of 10, the booklets are designed to fit in a #10 envelope, enabling churches to include them in Lent mailings, especially for those unable to attend services, and making it easy to mail to visitors or share as a part of homebound or prison ministry.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateDec 18, 2018
    ISBN9781501871276
    The Sanctuary for Lent 2019 (Pkg of 10)
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    Juan Huertas

    Juan Huertas is the Lead Pastor of Grace Community, a United Methodist Congregation in Shreveport, LA. He loves preaching/teaching, leading the church into mission in their neighborhood, and hearing people’s stories. He is married to Shannon Perry Huertas, and they have three children. In his down time he likes spending time with the family, reading, and writing at spiritstirrer.org.

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      The Sanctuary for Lent 2019 (Pkg of 10) - Juan Huertas

      THIS WEEK’S THEME:

      CHANGING OUR HEARTS AND LIVES

      Ash Wednesday, March 6

      Now is the time! Here comes God’s kingdom! Change your hearts and lives, and trust this good news!

      —Mark 1:15

      We are here again at the beginning of Lent. Our humanity is at full stretch before God and before the community of faith. Some of us approach hesitantly: Why wear the sign on our foreheads? What sign is this anyway? Others come gratefully, memories of Ash Wednesdays past flooding the memory, remembering the sign on the forehead as a sign of hope, a sign of their baptism. Our baptism initiated us into a community of conversion. We made promises to live our life in God, a life of following Jesus. We surrendered to a life of constant conversion, of constant change. It is this promise that might be the hardest to keep; no wonder we need reminders of it.

      Change is hard. We get used to the way we do things. We get used to our environment and our ways of being in the world. Even in difficulty we would rather lean on the familiar. Darkness can easily sneak up on us, making us forget that we are beloved children of God, making us forget that we can come home again. Ash Wednesday acknowledges that our willingness to change requires trust, and trust requires safety and community.

      Today as we gather, we provide a safe place, a place where we reclaim our humanity and our need for grace and forgiveness. We also provide a reminder that we are not alone as we see the mark on our brothers and sisters, the mark on our friends and our foes. Look around! The kingdom of God is indeed among us!

      Breath Prayer:

      Loving God, . . . help me trust.

      Thursday, March 7

      But when you pray, go to your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is present in that secret place.

      —Matthew 6:6a

      Prayer is the primary practice of life in God. Prayer is conversation, connection, and growing intimacy. Prayer is both an individual and a communal action. Prayer sustains, connects, and transforms.

      As pastor I often field questions about prayer. It seems like most of us struggle with sustaining a life of prayer. We are busy, we do not know what to say, we get easily distracted or maybe find ourselves too tired to stay awake. You are not alone. It is a constant struggle for most followers of Jesus. It is a struggle for me.

      I grew up in a family that prayed. My father would read a psalm and pray with us before going to school every morning. My mother would read us a devotional and pray with us in the evenings. I also have vivid memories of seeing and hearing my parents pray. They prayed in very different ways, my father quietly on his chair, and my mother out loud while walking around. I am sure that if I asked them they too would say that they struggle with praying.

      Today remind yourself that prayer is relationship, that God is always there to hear and always there to speak. Today remind yourself to take at least five minutes of your day and find that closet where you can connect with God. Five minutes of breathing and the prayer found here. Prayer is not magic; it is relationship, and as we get to know God better, we become more like Jesus. So deep breaths, five minutes a day, a time to hear God and to become the one that God has made you to be!

      Breath Prayer:

      Speak, O Lord, . . . I am listening.

      Friday, March 8

      Isn’t this the fast I choose:

      releasing wicked restraints, untying the ropes of a yoke,

      setting free the mistreated,

      and breaking every yoke?

      —Isaiah 58:6

      Fasting is one of the practices that guides our springing into a deeper life with God. The Christian tradition has mostly fasted from food. We are not alone in this practice, for many other religious traditions see fasting from food as a key practice to connect with the divine. There’s

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