“Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God.’ But I know that the...

Scripture Readings Deuteronomy 8:11-9:10; Job 12:1-13:6; Isaiah 42:1-8 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you; ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of...

Scripture Reading Isaiah 45:17-26;  Ephesians 3:14-4:13 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “Assemble yourselves and come together, draw near” – Isaiah 45:20 Family, community and national unity is an essential precondition for drawing near and stepping into the presence of God. Spiritual unity is far more than simply...

Scripture Reading Colossians 2:8-3:4 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth” – Colossians 3:2 We live in the information age. Events taking place thousands of miles away are a mere click away. Random, irrelevant...

Scripture Readings Proverbs 11:2-11;  Isaiah 61:3-7;  2 Timothy 4:1-8;  John 10:11-16 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the...

Scripture Readings Deuteronomy 7:11-8:1;  Job 9:1-10:2;  Isaiah 40:9-17 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep.” Isaiah 40:11 In one short passage,...

Scripture Readings 1 Samuel 3:21-4:18;  Proverbs 3:11-4:14;  Jeremiah 2:31-3:16 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. When the soldiers returned...

Scripture Readings Exodus 2:11-22;  Joel 2:1-11;  Micah 4:1-7 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection “One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own...

Scripture Readings 1 Samuel 1:23-2:26,  Proverbs 2:1-3:10,   Jeremiah 1:11-2:3 Prayer Daily Prayer Rule for Great Lent Reflection they brought the boy to Eli, and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord....