My Vision of Lord of the Sabbath-Lent 22, 2020

Prayer Focus: Greater than any temple

Thank You, Lord Jesus, that You are greater than any temple made by human hands. A relationship with You is far greater than any religious dogma, meditation, recitation, or incantation. You don’t hear us more by many words, but You hear our hearts beating with words we cannot even think to utter in worship. We praise You that the Holy Spirit turns our groanings into a beautiful liturgy and song heard only by Your ears and heart. Even when You walked the earth, You were greater than the temple. You were greater than any religious practice. You have always been Lord of the Sabbath. Remind us during troubled times, even when Your Church is forced underground and out of buildings, yet You hear us. You recognize Your Church assembled as many voices in prayer, many songs arranged into beautiful harmony, and many people who all worship One God, One Father, One Lord, One Christ. Our unity even when sequestered is evident in the spiritual realm. Be glorified today, Lord Jesus. Our Sabbath is Yours and we offer it back to You as our Lord and King. Amen.

===

If you’re already signed up on my Home Page sidebar to receive posts, you’ll get the 2020 Lent Devotionals automatically. Or you can “Like” Seminary Gal on Facebook and they’ll be delivered to your Facebook news feed. If you haven’t signed up, today is a great day to do so. Advent and Lenten devotionals remain among my most popular offerings. You don’t want to miss this encounter with God to prepare your heart for Easter! Understanding that prior years’ devotionals remain popular, you may want to have access to a full series ahead of time:

Lent 2013 looked at The Letter to the Romans: Paul’s Masterpiece to reclaim foundations of our Christian heritage and began February 13, 2013.
A very special and ever popular offering was Lent 2014’s Be Still and Know that I AM God which can be obtained through the archives beginning in March 2014.
Lent 2015 began on February 18, 2015 with a series entitled With Christ in the Upper Room: Final Preparations. We explored what is often called “The Upper Room Discourse” found in John chapters 13-17.
ReKindle, the Lent 2016 series, began on February 10, 2016 and encouraged us to rekindle our spiritual lives.
Light: There’s Nothing Like It was the 2017 Lent series and explored this metaphor often used to portray Christ. It is archived beginning March 1, 2017.
Lent 2018, we explored the questions of Pi and Chi (the Greek letter beginning the word Christos, which means Christ, Messiah, the Anointed One). We asked and answered the questions “Why?” from the movie Life of Pi as we discovered the uniqueness of Jesus Christ in a world of many faiths.
Lent 2019 gave us a deeper window into Easter “More to the Easter Story” since we miss so much when we rely only on a superficial understanding of the work of Christ. These devotionals are archived beginning March 6, 2019.