My Vision of the Messiah- Lent 34, 2020

Prayer Focus: Seeing You as the Messiah I need, not the Messiah I think I want

Lord Jesus, forgive me for all my wrong understandings of You as the Messiah. For all the ways I’ve placed expectations upon You than I have no right to expect with my incredibly limited knowledge. I know that You can do all things; everything is possible with You, even saving sinners! You are mighty and wise. No purpose of Yours can be avoided or overcome. When You ask, ‘Who is this that obscures My plans without knowledge?’ I hang my head in shame. All my plans and expectations melt away. You alone are the source of all wisdom and knowledge. When I speak, Lord, too often I speak of things I do not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. I am listening and waiting for You to speak truth to me. My eyes read Your Word and my ears have heard of You but there is no substitute for the experience of a relationship with You through Your Holy Spirit. I repent of my pride and offer myself, humbly to You. You are my God and I praise You. In Christ always. Amen. (Adapted from Job 42:2-6)

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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.