4o days kick-off…
Feb 23, 2010
Well, we’re officially off and running. The clock is counting down… T minus 39 days until the big celebration – Easter! And for those of you that have accepted the challenge, the Inward Journey has begun. Here are some of the resources we’ve suggested. For those of you that picked up Willard’s Spirit of the Disciplines and are looking for a daily read, I’d suggest a few pages each day from Chapter 9 to start – that is where he outlines some of the disciplines. For those of you still considering a daily devotional…you cannot fail with Oswald Chambers‘.
One final warning and encouragement: Expect to be opposed. When you decide, in any discipline, to step up there is an opposing force ready to knock you down…to keep you from the goal. In this case, to keep yo from knowing Jesus more. Truth be told, we’ve all thought things and done things that, maybe rightly so, should keep us from God, but Paul reminds us, “...that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.” What separates you from the love of God? Nothing. What?? Nothing. Enjoy his mercy as you spend time with him this week…
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:09 am
Gosh, is this ever true. I started my Lenten journey promptly on Ash Wednesday. And it is safe to say that last week was one of my most difficult as a mother. I was ugly. My kids were basket cases.
Yet every morning I woke up turning to Scripture and prayer. And by the afternoon, satan was camped outside my front door, slipping in and out in a nasty attempt to kill and destroy my desire (and efforts) to grow closer to the Lord.
I had never felt spiritual warfare as heavily as I did last week (and satan didn’t like that my husband and I attended Forever Changed only a few days prior to Ash Wednesday; he didn’t like that one bit at all).