We are so glad you have decided to participate in a journey of prayer, fasting, and daily devotions during the Lenten Season. There is no better way to reset our spiritual compass and bring about refreshing in every area of our lives than through these three endeavors. Whether you have done a season of prayer and fasting before, or this is your first time, you can start where you are and experience what God has in store for you in a powerful way.

We pray that you will experience the presence and power of God in an extraordinary way as you commit yourself to Him over the next forty days. May God continue to bless you and increase your faith as you seek Him first! 


​As we prepare for Lent, we must think through fasting, prayer, and daily devotions.

Day 1 (March 6th, 2019)

Walking the Gospel Road                                                        “And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”      Luke 9:23

Day 2 (March 7th, 2019)

Blinded to the Light                                                                  "Hear this now, O foolish people, without understanding, who have eyes and see not, and who have ears and hear not:  Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord. ‘Will you not tremble at My presence?’" Jeremiah 5:21-22

Day 3 (March 8th, 2019)

Steadfast Love, Rainbow Grace                                              “The Lord is merciful and gracious,  slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever.  He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.  For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him,  as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.  As a father shows compassion to his children,  so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame;  he remembers that we are dust.”              Psalm 103: 8-14

Day 4 (March 9th, 2019)

I Am Undone   
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” Isaiah 6:8

Day 5  (March 10th, 2019)

You Whisper in the Leaves
“...  He maketh my feet like hinds feet : And setteth me upon my high places… therefore, will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord...and sing praises unto thy name...”   Psalm 18:33, 49​  

Day 6 (March 11th, 2019)

Be Still and Know
​“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”   Psalm 46:10 

Day 7 (March 12th, 2019)

Early in the Morning
“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.” Mark 1:35 

Day 8 (March 13th, 2019)

Nehemiah Prayers
“Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?”  So I prayed to the God of heaven.  And I said to the king…”  Nehemiah 2:4 

Day 9 (March 14th, 2019)

Praying His Prayers
“...My dear friends,  I pray to our Father now that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,  to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.   Ephesians 3:16-21  

Day 10 (March 15th, 2019)

Praying the Psalms
“In the Psalms, we drink divine praise at its pure and stainless source, in all its primitive sincerity and perfection… For God has willed to make himself known in the mystery of the Psalms”... When we sing the psalms, the Mystery of Christ is contemplated through the ancient words…”When we sing the psalms, we sing the wedding hymn of our union with God in Christ….To understand the Psalms, we must experience the sentiments they express, in our own hearts...We must sing them to God and make our own all the meaning they contain…We must praise him as much in sorrow as in joy…   “     Thomas Merton - Praying The Psalms  

Day 11 (March 16th, 2019)                                                       
​ Simply in love with Jesus                                         
​“...the simplicity that is in Christ.”  2 Corinthians 11:3

Day 12 (March 17th, 2019)                                                       
​ The Magnifying Glass of the Gospel                                         
​“...concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,  through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,  including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ…”  Romans 1:2-6

Day 13 (March 18th, 2019)                                                       
​ Savor The Slow Food of the Word                                         
​“Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16 

Day 14 (March 19th, 2019)                                                       
​ Words of Power                                         
​“He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power." Hebrews 1:3

Day 15 (March 20th, 2019)                                                       
​ Train of Thought                                         
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Philippians 4:8

Day 16 (March 21st, 2019)                                                       
​ Gospel Lamplight                                         
​“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”       Psalm 119:105 

Day 17 (March 22nd, 2019)                                                       
​ The Life is in the Soil                                         
“Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”    Matthew 13:8

Day 18 (March 23rd, 2019)                                                       
​ When You Knock Down a Giant                                         
​"And David said, “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you!”  1 Samuel 17:37

Day 19 (March 24th, 2019)                                                     
​ The  “Now” and “Not Yet” of Our Rest                                         “Here is a call for the endurance of the saints” Revelation 14:12 

Day 20 (March 25th, 2019)                                                    
​ Burn Your Plow                                         
“Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. ‘Let me kiss my father and mother good-bye,” he said, “and then I will come with you.’ ‘Go back,’ Elijah replied. ‘What have I done to you?’ So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his attendant.”  I Kings 19:19

Day 21 (March 26th, 2019)                                                       
​ Reflecting the Radiance of His Glory-Part I                               “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”                              2 Corinthians 3:18  

Day 22 (March 27th, 2019)                                                       
​ Reflecting the Radiance of His Glory-Part II                               “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”                               2 Corinthians 3:18  

Day 23 (March 28th, 2019)                                                       
​ Broken Bread and Poured Out Wine                                         
​“Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”  Matthew 26:26

Day 24 (March 29th, 2019)                                                       
​ Imitate Jesus                                         
​“And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.”   Acts 4:13 

Day 25 (March 30th, 2019)                                                       
​ Olive Tree Lessons                                            
​"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed." 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NIV)  

Day 26 (March 31st, 2019)                                                       
​ Live the Gospel                                         
​“If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.”         John 13:14-16 

Day 27 (April 1st, 2019)                                                       
​ With Your Power, In Your Name                                         
​“Christ… makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love...In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all.“   Ephesians 4: 15-16, 25 (NLT, MSG)  

Day 28 (April 2nd, 2019)                                                       
​ Heavenly Real Estate                                         
​“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”  Matthew 6:19-21 

Day 29 (April 3rd, 2019)                                                       
​ What is the Gospel-Centered Life?                                         
​“Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures…”           1 Corinthians 15:1-4 

Day 30 (April 4th, 2019)                                                       
​ Falling Into Grace                                         
​“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.”   Galatians 2:20

Day 31 (April 5th, 2019)                                                       
​ Let Gospel Love Shine Through Your Broken Heart              ​“He was despised and rejected by men,  a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”  Isaiah 53:3

Day 32 (April 6th, 2019)                                                       
​ The Gospel Joy in Glorifying God                                         
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.”  John 14:12​

Day 33 (April 7th, 2019)                                                       
​ Gripped by the Gospel                                        
​​“In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.” Ephesians 1:7-10

Day 34 (April 8th, 2019)                                                       
​ Unless a Grain of Wheat Falls                                            
​“And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him." John 12:20-26

Day 35 (April 9th, 2019)                                                       
​ Preparing for the Cross                                        
​“Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair.”   John 12:1-3

Day 36 (April 10th, 2019)                                                       
​ Lay Down Your Life                                         
​“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’       Matthew 25:41-43
“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.”                       I John 3:16-18

Day 37 (April 11th, 2019)                                                       
​ The Beautiful Freedom of Radical Love                                     
​“Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,  rose from supper.
He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.” Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”  Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.” For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.”  John 13:1-15

Day 38 (April 12th, 2019)                                                       
​ The Last Supper - Jesus, Our Passover                                    
​“Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?”He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’”  And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.
When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”  And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?”  He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”  Judas, who would betray him, answered, “Is it I, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You have said so.”
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.”   Matthew 26:17-29 

Day 39 (April 13th, 2019)                                                       
​ Between the Two Cries                                             
​“At the ninth hour Jesus CRIED out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” Mark 15:34
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. John 19:30   And Jesus, CRYING OUT with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT." Having said this, He breathed His last.  Luke 23:46

Day 40 (April 14th, 2019)                                                       
​ In the Tomb                                         
​“For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help, like those forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. You have put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep. Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Psalm 88:3-7  

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