PREPARING FOR LENT
The Lenten Season begins in 2 days.
What steps are you taking to
prepare for your Lenten sacrifice?
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PREPARING FOR LENT
The Lenten Season begins in 1 day.
Make plans to attend
Shiloh’s Noonday and 7pm
Ash Wednesday Services.
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LENT: DAY 1
( A S H W E D N E S DAY )
Adjust Your Attitude
“Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to
the Lord your God, for he is gracious…” Joel 2:12-18
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front
of others to be seen by them. …Then your Father, who
sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:16
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LENT: DAY 2
Make Choices
“Now choose life, so that you and your children may
live… and love the Lord your God, listen to his voice,
and hold fast to him.” Deuteronomy 30:15-20
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny
themselves and take up their cross daily to follow me.”
Luke 9:22-25
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LENT: DAY 3
Take Action
“…share your food with the hungry and bring right into
your own homes those who are helpless, poor, and destitute.
Clothe those who are cold, and don’t hide from relatives
who need your help.” Isaiah 58:1-9a (Living Bible)
“The time will come when the bridgroom will be taken from
them; then they will fast.” Matthew 9:14-15 (NIV)
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LENT: DAY 4
Get Results
“And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy
you with all good things, and keep you healthy too…”
Isaiah 58:9-14 (Living Bible)
“‘Follow me,’ Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left
everything and followed him.” Luke 5:27-32
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LENT: DAY 5
Get Results
“…honoring the Lord in what you do, not following
your own desires…then the Lord will be your
delight…” Isaiah 58:9-14 (Living Bible)
“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.” Luke 5:27-32 (NIV)
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LENT: DAY 6
Be Holy – It Really Counts
“…‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.’”
Leviticus 19:1-2
“…‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one
of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,
you did for me.’” Matthew 25:31-46
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LENT: DAY 7
Join God’s Plan
“…so is my word…It will not return to me empty, but
will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose
for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:10-11
“For if you forgive other people when they sin against
you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
Matthew 6:7-15
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LENT: DAY 8
Once More, Turn Away from Sin
“When God saw what they did and how they turned
from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on
them the destruction he had threatened.” Jonah 3:1-10
“For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will
the on of Man be to this generation.” Luke 11:29-32
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LENT: DAY 9
Pray Boldly
“What is your request? It will also be granted.”
Esther 9:12, 14-16, 23-25
“For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks
finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be
opened.” Matthew 7:7-12
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LENT: DAY 10
Choose Well
“Because they consider all the offenses they have
committed and turn away fro them, that person will
surely live…” Ezekiel 18:21-28
“…[if you] remember that your brother or sister has
something against you…go and be reconciled to them.”
Matthew 5:20-26
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LENT: DAY 11
Reach Out
“You have declared…that the Lord is your God and that you
will walk in obedience to him,…keep his decrees, commands
and laws – that you will listen to him.” Deuteronomy 26:16-19 (NIV)
“…love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you…
When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the
energies of prayer… Live generously and graciously toward
others, the way God lives toward you.” Matthew 5:43-48 (The Message)
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LENT: DAY 12
Open Yourself To Transformation
“…‘This is my Son, marked by my love,
focus of my delight...’” Matthew 17:1-9 (NIV)
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