Welcome All, to the Holy Season of Lent. We have gathered together to Commemorate the season of our Lord’s Temptation, His suffering, and His victory over death, hell and the grave! We Rejoice in our Salvation. Please join us in this Lenten Journey and experience the “Lenten Discipline” with us.
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, ~ Hebrews 12:1
The Lenten Season ... Once again we celebrate our Lord Jesus Christ in His Season of Preparation for the Cross. We soon learn it was and is for our Redemption, and for our Eternal Life! A Lenten Discipline is in order as we follow Jesus through His Preparation of death for us! Jesus was taken into the wilderness to overcome Temptation. There he met the enemy of His soul and walked through the enemies Temptations. It is never to despair in those “down” times, for we see Jesus come forth in the Power of the Holy Spirit. [Lk 4] O Church there is Power when we Trust our Saviour. His desire was to please His Father, and while He was tempted, His Trust in the Father’s Will strengthened Him for the task that lie ahead. Often we wonder why it seems we are tempted with trials, sorrows, and hardships. Could it be God is exercising us for Victory as we Trust in Him? It is always good to read this Chapter in Luke as we enter our “Lenten Discipline.” Lk. 4 – "When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from Him ... And Jesus returned in the Power of the Spirit” – Jesus had this witness that He Trusted in God, for when they mocked Him; they said: “He Trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now...” Ps 112 exhorts us; “the Righteous ... shall not be afraid of evil: their heart is fixed, Trusting in the Lord!” Here is a good moto for the days ahead: “Our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have Trusted in His Holy Name!” Let us strengthen our Spirit as we enter this Holy Season! Loving you, Pastor
The Benediction
O God, as we come once again into this season of Your Son’s sacrifice may we sense a fresh depth of Love and a Victorious Power of His Presence as we enter into our Lenten Devotion. Surround Your people with Love as we give Praise and Worship unto You. You alone are the source of our Power as we Trust in You. As these days of this pandemic linger on, may You strengthen Your People with the this Power of Trust! Touch us with the same JOY that Jesus experienced as He journeyed toward the Cross. We need His Joy set before us that we might remain Powerful in Trusting You! Once again we ask You Father to have Mercy upon our families and draw them unto You. We ask these things in Your Name, the Name of Your Son, and the Power of the Holy Ghost, Amen
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