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PREPARING FOR LENT The Lenten Season begins in 2 days. What steps are you taking to prepare for your Lenten sacrifice? #SBCLent 14

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PREPARING FOR LENT

The Lenten Season begins in 2 days.

What steps are you taking to prepare for your Lenten sacrifice?

#SBCLent14

PREPARING FOR LENT

The Lenten Season begins in 1 day.

Make plans to attendShiloh’s Noonday and 7pmAsh Wednesday Services.

#SBCLent14

LENT: DAY 1 ( A S H W E D N E S D AY )

Adjust Your Attitude“Rend your hearts and not your garments.

Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious…” Joel 2:12-18

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. …Then your

Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” Matthew 6:1-6 #SBCLent

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LENT: DAY 2

Make Choices“Now choose life, so that you and your children may live… and love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him.” Deuteronomy 30:15-

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“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily to

follow me.” Luke 9:22-25 #SBCLent14

LENT: DAY 3

Take Action“…share your food with the hungry and bring right into your own homes those who are helpless, poor, and destitute. Clothe those who are cold, and don’t hide from relatives who need your help.” Isaiah 58:1-9a

(Living Bible)

“The time will come when the bridgroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.” Matthew 9:14-15

(NIV) #SBCLent14

LENT: DAY 4

Get Results“And the Lord will guide you continually, and

satisfy you with all good things, and keep you healthy too…” Isaiah 58:9-14 (Living Bible)

“‘Follow me,’ Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.” Luke

5:27-32#SBCLent

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LENT: DAY 5

Get Results“…honoring the Lord in what you do, not

following your own desires…then the Lord will be your delight…” Isaiah 58:9-14 (Living Bible)

“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Luke 5:27-32 (NIV) #SBCLent

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LENT: DAY 6

Be Holy – It Really Counts“…‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am

holy.’” Leviticus 19:1-2

“…‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for oneof the least of these brothers and sisters of

mine,you did for me.’” Matthew 25:31-46

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LENT: DAY 7

Join God’s Plan“…so is my word…It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the

purpose for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:10-11

“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also

forgive you.”Matthew 6:7-15

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LENT: DAY 8

Once More, Turn Away from Sin“When God saw what they did and how they

turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had

threatened.” Jonah 3:1-10

“For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the on of Man be to this generation.” Luke

11:29-32#SBCLent

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LENT: DAY 9

Pray Boldly“What is your request? It will also be

granted.”Esther 9:12, 14-16, 23-25

“For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks,

the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-12#SBCLent

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LENT: DAY 10

Choose Well“Because they consider all the offenses they

have committed and turn away fro them, that person will surely live…” Ezekiel 18:21-28

“…[if you] remember that your brother or sister has something against you…go and be

reconciled to them.” Matthew 5:20-26#SBCLent

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LENT: DAY 11

Reach Out“You have declared…that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him,…keep his decrees,

commands and laws – that you will listen to him.” Deuteronomy 26:16-19 (NIV)

“…love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you… When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the

energies of prayer… Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.” Matthew 5:43-

48 (The Message) #SBCLent14

LENT: DAY 12

Open Yourself To Transformation

“…‘This is my Son, marked by my love,focus of my delight...’” Matthew 17:1-9 (NIV)

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