What’s the Point of Lent?
WELCOME to Issue #230 of The Seedhead from Alex and Hannah at Dandelion Resourcing - a weekly confidence booster to help you step into naturally supernatural discipleship and mission!
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Are you hungry for more from your walk with Jesus?
Would you like to explore Christian spiritual disciplines in a Spirit-led manner?
Is Lent a tradition you’ve not engaged with this much, but you’re open to discovering more about it?
For 2,000 years Christians have used the weeks before Easter to draw closer to God, through a mixture of letting go and taking on certain practices. These 40 days (plus 6 Sundays - we’ll explain that part too!) are known as Lent, and can be a highly meaningful time in growing closer to Jesus.
The concept of focused seasons is so helpful in the discipleship journey. To keep going at the same tempo all year long isn’t how we’re wired to best operate. In fact, humans tend to work better with different paces, seasons, and levels, which combine together to great effect.
In this introduction to a 5 part series, discover how other believers have benefitted from the Lent season. Specifically, we’ll give you 10 foundational principles that lie behind Lent.
Here’s the video:
Next Steps
Is there a particular area that you’re praying into at this time? Or is there something on your heart that you want to see breakthrough in?
How do you feel about the idea of letting go of some thing(s), and taking on other thing(s)? Consider: how might you self-sabotage these efforts (e.g. by telling yourself that it’s too hard for you to do, or not being willing to embrace accountability on the journey)?
Start to identify a few others who could join you in a more focused Lent season this year. Examples might be some or all of your house church/ micro church/ small group, accountability partners, or a few other believers you’d like to spend some intentional time with over the next couple of months.
Next week we’ll jump into part two, with a tremendous list of 30 super-practical ways that you can use to grow closer to God 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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