30 Ways to Grow Closer to God in Lent
WELCOME to Issue #231 of The Seedhead from Alex and Hannah at Dandelion Resourcing - a weekly confidence booster to help you step into naturally supernatural discipleship and mission!
Embrace everyday ways to deepen your walk with Jesus
In week 2 of a 5 part Lent season series, here’s a tremendous list of 30 super-practical ways that you can use to grow closer to God during Lent!
These are focused on the ‘Up’ dimension of our discipleship journey.
You’ll see that 15 fall under ‘letting go’ and another 15 are focused on ‘taking on’ practices.
Here’s the video:
Here’s the List
Letting go:
Lukewarm faith
The need for control
Shame and guilt
Perfectionism
Complaining
Negative self talk
Doubting God’s love for you
Believing the lies
Anxiety and worry
Dwelling on the past
Choose confession
Busyness
Procrastination
Passivity in spiritual battles
Give up things through fasting
Taking on:
New/ different prayer practice
Daily Listening Prayer
Gratitude
Worship
Ask for wisdom and understanding
Declare God’s Promises
Words of encouragement
Sabbath
Study
Memorize Scripture
Silence
Solitude
Journal
Frequent prayer
Prayer group
Next Steps
Which one(s) from these lists would you like to try out this Lent?
If you’re not sure, pray and then pick something that seems relevant, intriguing, or which seems to have a Holy Spirit ‘nudge’ on it.
You don’t need to wait - feel free to begin today!
If you have other ideas that are ‘Up’ related that aren’t on this list, please hit reply and let us know. That way we can add to these lists in future years.
Next week we’ll jump into part three of this series, with a powerful list of 20 tangible ways that you can use to build better relationships during Lent! There will be an equal mix of ‘letting go and ‘taking on’ ideas.
With love,
Alex + Hannah
ALEX AND HANNAH ABSALOM
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