Readings for Lent
Instructions for daily use
Tier - Please pray daily
Tier 2 - {Pray daily and complete the dailing reaadings
Tier 3 - Pray daily, complete the daily readng and answer the "Questions to Consider"
Tier 4 - Complete all 3 Tiers and dig deeper in your favorite commentary
Week 3
Daily Prayer of Confession
Lord, teach me to be generous. Teach me to serve you as You deserve; to give and not to count the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to ask for reward, save that of knowing that I do Your will. Amen
Readings
Day 1 - Colossians 3:1-17
Day 2 - Mark 10:17-27
Day 3 - Galatians 6:6-10
Day 4 - Matthew 20:1-16
Day 5 - James 2:14-26
Daily Questions to Consider
(after each day's reading)
What does this reading teach me abou God?
What does this reading teach me about myself?
How might this change the way I live?
For Deeper Study
Please consider consulting your favorite
Bible Commentary or visiting our church library.
Week 2
Daily Prayer of Confession
Great Shepherd of All
Guide us to live as a reflection of Your perfect love. Inspire within our hearts a desire to walk in the path that Christ has set before us, acknowledging His living sacrifice. Ignite in each one of us - all the people - an unwavering dedicated to honor this gift; for as Romans 12:1 implores, let us offer our bodies as living sacrifices too. Throughout every trial and triumph, may we embody Your compassion and elevate Your glory above all else. Amen
Readings
Day 1 - 1 Corinthians 13:1-7
Day 2 - Philippians 2:5-11
Day 3 - Ephesians 4:14-16
Day 4 - Romans 12:1-8
Day 5 - Romans 12:9-21
Daily Questions to Consider
(after each day's reading)
What does this reading teach me about God?
What does this reading teach me about myself?
How might this change the way I live?
For Deeper Study
Please consider consulting your favorite
Bible Commentary or visiting our church library.
Week 1
Daily Prayer of Confession
Most Merciful God
We confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word and deed by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in Your will, and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your Name.
Amen
Readings
Day 1 - Matthew 5
Day 2 - Matthew 25:31-46
Day 3 - Luke 19:1-10
Day 4 - Psalm 51
Day 5 - Luke 15:11-32
Daily Questions to Consider
(after each day's reading)
What does this reading teach me about God?
What does this reading teach me about myself?
How might this change the way I live?
For Deeper Study
Please consider consulting your favorite Bible Commentary
or visiting our church library to read more about it.
Check back next week for the Readings for Week 2