Journey to the Cross


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Journey through Lent with Best-Selling Author Paul David Tripp "During our forty days together, may your mourning increase so that your joy may deepen." — Paul David Tripp Lent is a time in the yearly Christian calendar when we mourn our sin and let go of worldly things that keep our hearts from experiencing God more fully. But how do we reevaluate and recalibrate the values of our hearts to match those of our suffering Savior? In this forty-day Lenten devotional, best-selling author Paul David Tripp invites us to set aside time from the busyness of our lives to focus on the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus. Each of the short readings encourages us to abide in the abundant joy found in Christ as we encounter the Savior more fully and follow him more faithfully during this Lenten season.




Journey to the Cross


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Another beautiful coffee-table style book from (in)courage helps women journey toward Easter in 40 days by featuringScripture, short essays, encouraging stories, quotes, reflective questions, and prayers--and works perfectly as a gift during the Lent and Easter season!




40 Days of Lent Journey to Easter


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This catholic 40 days of Lent Journey to Easter involues practical spirituality, daily scripture readings, and simple Lessons to learn, wisdom nuggets and little action steps and challenges to do to assist you in this 40 days of spiritual journey of renewal, reflection and preparation towards easter.During the season of Lent, As Catholics and Christians we need to frequently give up something that we enjoy especially bad habits as a measure of penance or self-discipline, this book offers you a practical, scripture-Based advice on how to drop those bad habits beyond lent and easter and find peace in Christ. From Ash Wednesday to the last day of Lent, this book guides you to ponder a scripture passage with a topic to meditate and reflect on and lessons and actions to apply to your own life through the following four simple steps: Read the anchor scriptures Reflect on the topic of the day Respond, ponder and resolve to implement it in your life Pray the psalm and other prayers as the Holy Spirit directs you . As you continue to meditate on the daily scriptures and practice the above simple action steps, it will help to strengthen your relationship with God and brings you closer than ever with God.




Journey to Easter


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Pope Benedict XVI offers believers a great Lenten blessing in this book containing a rich meditation on the meaning of Lent, the significance of the birth and death of Jesus Christ, and the meaning of Jesus in the life of Christians everywhere.




Jesus Calling: The Story of Easter


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Jesus Calling®: The Story of Easter from bestselling author Sarah Young uses storytelling from throughout the Bible, simple Bible verses, and short Jesus Calling devotions to show kids how Easter was part of God’s plan from the very beginning. Before the earth was formed, God had a plan to save us. Through the Old Testament prophets, God told about a Savior. And throughout Jesus’ teachings and miracles, God revealed that Jesus, His Son, is the Savior! This beautiful picture book teaches kids how Easter has always been a part of God’s story and is a part of their own story today. Vibrant illustrations, relevant Scripture verses, and rich reflections from Young’s children’s devotional combine to make a beautiful Easter book for children eager to know more about God’s eternal love for them. Help your kids connect with God in a whole new way through Jesus Calling: The Story of Easter and this closer look at how all of God's Word points us to His plan for Easter morning. Sarah Young has sold more than 40 million books worldwide. Check out her other children’s books: Jesus Calling Easter Prayers Jesus Calling for Little Ones Jesus Calling Little Book of Prayers Jesus Calling My First Bible Storybook Jesus Calling Bible Storybook Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions for Kids Jesus Calling Advent and Christmas Prayers Jesus Calling: The Story of Christmas




The Promise of Lent Devotional


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Lent is a time of remembering Christ's sacrifice, and yet it is not meant to be depressing. The 40-day holy season is one of transition when believers turn their eyes away from fading disappointments and move ever closer to the radiance of Easter hope.




Wonderstruck


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Let's be honest: it's far too easy to go through day-to-day life without a sense of the mystery, the marvel, or the awe of God's presence. Have you ever felt your relationship with God isn't as vibrant as you want it to be? Have you ever felt like God seemed far away -- even in the midst of devotions, prayer, and church? We Were Created for Wonder You were created and designed to experience wonder. Woven into the fabric of our humanity is an innate ability and desire for the wonder of God. It's felt in the moments when you watch the sun melt behind the horizon, when you reach out to cradle a baby and smell the sweet scent of new life, when you can't help but smile as you witness two wrinkled souls renew their vows to each other. Such moments remind us we were made for something more than deadlines and debt, carpools and coffee breaks. Yet despite such wondrous moments, we can still find ourselves going through the motions of faith. Whether you're: A long time follower of Jesus or still figuring Him out Unemployed, overly-employed, or an entrepreneur A creator, innovator, or conformist Grumpy, ebullient, grey-haired or bed-head An average Joe or have-a-gym-membership-but-never-go A superhero (of any era), supermom, superdad, super grand, super great grand, or don't feel particularly super at all No matter who you are or where you've been -- if you've lived a life where you've seen it all, done it all, or feel like you're past it all -- God still longs to take your breath away. Isaiah 29:4 records God's desire for you: "Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder." Do you see it? God is busting at the seams to display His glory, power, and might in your life. And He wants to give you the greatest gift of all -- Himself. Yet why do we pass by the wonder of God unaware?




40 Days With Jesus


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Spend 40 days with Jesus—from the time leading up to His death on Good Friday to the celebration of His resurrection on Easter Sunday—and celebrate His presence as never before. Select devotions from Sarah Young’s bestselling Jesus Calling have been compiled to create an experience of closeness with the Savior during any time of the year. This booklet edition of key devotions offers a convenient format that fits into a purse or travel bag. Millions of people have found comfort and inspiration in Sarah Young’s #1 bestselling Jesus Calling. Repeat customers enjoy giving 40 Days with Jesus as a gift throughout the year Perfect size for travel Experience peace in His presence in 40 Days with Jesus.




Jesus' Journey to the Cross - Forty Days from Ash Wednesday to Easter


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Lent is known today as the 40-day period of prayer and fasting in preparation for the celebration of Easter, chosen to imitate the 40-day period of Christ's fasting in the desert before He began His public ministry. Commemoration of lent has ranged from a single day in the first century Church to 44 days (from Ash Wednesday to Holy Thursday) in the Roman Church. However, as early Christians were forbidden to fast and perform other forms of penance on Sunday, the six Sundays that fall within this period are not included in that count, leaving 38 days. By adding Good Friday and Holy Saturday before Easter, the total number of days in Lent is now observed to be 40 days. Tradition indicates that sometime during the 11th century, the distribution of ashes as a sign of penance (the sign of the cross placed on the forehead) was initiated on Wednesday (Ash Wednesday) before the first Sunday of Lent. This 40-day devotional follows Christ from the first time He is revealed in the Book of Genesis through the Gospel of Matthew. This is His Journey to the Cross.




Bitter and Sweet


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Celebrate A Season of Renewal and Reflection The theme of bitterness runs through the Bible as a sour reminder of sin’s presence in our world—yet it’s because of this bitterness that Jesus’ grace is so sweet and satisfying. As we learn to turn from our vices and crave real beauty, goodness, and truth through the pursuit of virtues, we grow nearer to God and become more like who He made us to be. From Tsh Oxenreider, bestselling author of Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent, arrives a devotional to help you meditate and rejoice in the transcendent miracle of Easter. You will… uncover what it means to participate in the liturgical traditions of Lent, from fasting to almsgiving experience artwork and music that illuminate the impact—both personal and global—of Jesus’s death and resurrection contemplate the wonder of Christ’s redemption of all humankind, especially as this time of introspection reveals your human limitations Starting on Ash Wednesday and leading you all the way through Holy Week, Bitter and Sweet is an invitation to better understand Jesus’s sacrifice as you delight in His ultimate love for you.