Lent 2022 - Wednesday March 2nd to Thursday 14 April
Scripture references
Matthew 4:2 , Luke 4:2, Mark 1:12-13
Ash Wednesday Scripture references ----->
I had prepared a Lent devotion for publication however the move of the Holy Spirit in this YouTube Channel in the past 4 weeks has prompted me to do what God and the Holy Spirit want us to do for Lent 2022.
Hymn
Jesus Your Presence Makes Me Whole - Benny Hinn [1 hour] ---->
We are asked to:
Use these 40 days in genuine reflection and having frank conversations with God on:
A] our own personal practise,
B] our ministry / church practice [our interpretations and use of the Word of God and the Bible].
For this Lent 2022 devotion, we are not advocating any specific way to do it.
However, the comments on this YouTube page will open your eyes to genuine and honest views of God’s people globally. Ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you on what has been said and to illumine your own areas to you.
There are 2 tasks involved.
1] Time of reflection
You will need to spend at least the first day on the comments making sense of them. Please do not ignore any of them but reflect on the point made by asking on each one:
i.What point has this person made? [Request for prayer, asking for clarity, giving instructions, bible references etc]
ii.Why have they made this point?
iii.What reply was given to this point?
You will need to make notes. Jot down areas the Holy spirit is highlighting to you.
2] Time of Penitence
David said:
Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
You do the same.
Use the YouTube comments as a yardstick to judge yourself and your ministry / church.
Ask yourself?
What are am I/ we doing right?
What needs to improve?
What needs to stop?
Beloved Brethren we are truly blessed to have the Holy spirit leading us at this time. Let us not miss this opportunity to allow the power and glory of God to flow into our lives and ministries / churches once again.
The Holy Spirit is saying that leaders of ministries should try to reflect together as leadership teams.
May you find the strength in Christ to follow this through. Amen.
Praise be to Jesus Christ.
Notes
Lent commemorates the period Jesus spent in the wilderness fasting and praying before beginning his ministry. It is the 40-day period when Christians prepare to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection at the Feast of Easter. During Lent [lengthen] Christians reflect on their practice and ask for forgiveness in any weak areas. After the 40 days comes Good Friday when Jesus was crucified. Easter [Jesus’ resurrection] comes on the third day after Lent.