Lent begins this Wednesday and I couldn’t be more excited about participating in it! I have never been part of a church where Lent has been observed by the entire congregation so I cant wait to participate.
Lent is the forty-day-long liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter. The forty days represent the time Jesus spent in the desert, where he endured temptation by Satan.The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer—through prayer, penitence, almsgiving, fasting and self-denial—for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. What a great practice.
For Lent, I am fasting recreational use of the internet. That’s right, no Facebook, no CNN, no movie trailers, no music downloading, no blogging. I am really looking forward to observing this great tradition and drawing closer to GOD during these forty days.
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