For this post I've gathered together links to some posts I've written related to the Lenten season and Resurrection Day (see below). (4/15/2013 - I've updated the list below with some recent posts, those with (* 2013) following...)
As Christians we must be continuing to examine ourselves, but the season of Lent provides us with a much-needed reminder to do so. Similarly, we sometimes lose sight of the glory and wonder of God's provision in sending His only begotten Son to die in our place, to be the ransom for powerless and helpless sinners. And we too easily diminish the miracle of the resurrection and the miracle of God sending His Holy Spirit to dwell within believers, so we can live the life God intended – for without Him we can do nothing.
Luke 7:47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.
I Corinthians 1:26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30 He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
May our love for Christ and our boasting in Him continue to increase and abound to His glory!
Yours in Christ for your joy,
Karen
Ash Wednesday Posts:
Ash Wednesday 2008: A Prayer for a "Holy Visitation"
Ash Wednesday 2009: Do you despise yourself? | Job 42
What is Biblical mourning? (Ash Wednesday 2010)
sin's cold deception, my Father's warm reception
Sackcloth and ashes
Lent 2008:
Dealing with sins & guilt: Henri Nouwen-"God's mercy is greater than our sins."
Maundy Thursday: Stripping of the Altar
Lent 2009:
Lent II.-God's calling: "As my Father hath sent Me, so send I you." | Oswald Chambers
Lent III.-Are you looking at the fields?
Lent IV.-"If you love Me you will love the church"
Lent V. - You follow me! (Are we steadfastly setting our faces to His will?)
Lent 2010:
How can I be joyful weeping over Jerusalem? (Letter 50 on assurance & joy)
Lenten Reflections: what we did, what He did ~ Isaiah 50:5-6
Lenten Reflections: "How can it be?" The Minister's Life, Message & Sufficiency
Lenten Reflections: Climbing (the minister's descent)
Lenten Reflections: Plucked
Lenten Reflections: His ear opened, Our ears stopped ~ Are you following the Servant? (Isaiah 50)
Lenten Reflections: "Come near to me, please." (Genesis 45)
Lenten Reflections: He answered nothing...But Jesus still answered nothing.
Lenten Reflections: the servant's tongue
Lenten Reflections: "the Son of Man must suffer many things" ~ what about us?
Lenten Reflections: the remembrance and the rendering (Luke 20:9-26)
Lenten Reflections: Palm Sunday ~ celebration or indignation?
Lenten Reflections: "Lord, is it I?"
Lenten Reflections: Who hath believed?
Lenten Reflections: Why did Jesus die? ACCESS! | Letter 140 on assurance & fighting for joy
Lenten Reflections: "so Joel had another appointment"
Lenten Reflections: Come now, consider – Consider His ways!
Lenten Reflections: Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus
Lenten Reflections: "He looked round about upon all things, but as yet said nothing."
Lenten Reflections: Carpenter Parking Only? Holy Ambitions: The Blessedness of Washing Feet
Palm Sunday, Passover, Christ's Passion, Good Friday, the Cross & Salvation:
Palm Sunday: What Happens after the Triumphal Entry?
Palm Sunday ~ To Jerusalem ... For All Nations (* 2013)
How can I be joyful weeping over Jerusalem? (Letter 50 on assurance & joy)
"Will YOU not pray with ME one hour?" (* 2013)
prayer: not a domestic intercom but a wartime walkie-talkie for spiritual agony (*2013)
He loved them unto the end
what's your price? (Bible reading - Matthew 26:14-16)
Two Gardens, Two Adams, Two Results
suffering & temptation provide us with "constant errands to go to Jesus" (M'Cheyne)
at Jerusalem
Every day ought to be memorial day: Are we remembering Him?
Christ was sent & poured out so we might be sent & poured out
"I thirst! I thirst!" Whitefield's experience of joy (letter 51 on assurance & fighting for joy)
Jesus tasted . . . Have you?
Bible Reading: Isaiah 53:3-A Prayer to the Man of Sorrows, Acquainted with Grief
Shall we not drink the cup the Father has given us? (Letter 53 on assurance & fighting for joy)
Good Friday: The King Is Crucified
At Calvary: Can you say, "I'm with Him"?
Bible Reading: Lamentations 1:12-Is His Sacrifice nothing to you?
Good Friday: Are you glorying in the cross or in your works?
O, loving, merciful and gracious God (a hymn to the praise of Your glory)
Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Why the Cross? Part 1-The Exceeding Sinfulness of Sin
Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Why the Cross? Part 2-The Holy Law of God
No other ~ Never shall the merit of Christ decay
Linger, linger, linger – so you might know God's love
"The inestimable Benefits of Christ's Death, inferred from the excellency of his Person"
from the wrath of the Lamb ~ Good Friday (* 2013)
Resurrection, Resurrection Day/Easter:
Reflections on the Resurrection: The Sheep's Reproach, Like the Stone, Is Rolled Away!
Reflections on the Resurrection: Word of the Day: Indeed!
Reflections on the Resurrection: The Good Shepherd (Matthew Henry)
Reflections on the Resurrection: What We Can Learn from Mary's Emotions, part 1
Reflections on the Resurrection: What We Can Learn from Mary's Emotions, part 2
the best-laid plans ..."To-day the groans of Hades rise"
Praise to the Triumphant Lamb: "God of Unexampled Grace"
Resurrection Day: Don't Waste Your Life (Lecrae) | Whose Life is it anyhow?
I am a leopard - Christ is a lion ~ The Resurrection Celebration
Her Eyes Were Still Restrained ~ "When it looks like he is buried for good..."
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