Daily Lenten Devotions

Mar 5, 2025

Pastor Brock's Daily Devotions and Challenges for the Lenten Season

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New Devotions will appear every morning beginning March 5th, 2025.

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Lent Day 44

Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025 “Enjoy (or Plan) a Meal with a Friend” This last week of Lent 2025, or “Holy Week” as it is typically called, we have focused on accomplishing tasks that are primarily focused on others. In reference to Maundy Thursday, the day that Jesus celebrated the...

Lent Day 43

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 “Listen More; Talk Less” That sounds like a poorly scripted phone commercial, doesn’t it? I’m sure someone used it at some point before they realized that not being able to talk back would not help to sell more phones. However, it would certainly help sell more...

Lent Day 42

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 “Pray About Stewardship to Your Church” Since our dreaded tax day has arrived during Holy Week, it seems only fit to consider our stewardship to God’s Church. Are we doing what we can, or are we doing what we should? The words “Should” and “Can” are important because...

Lent Day 41

Monday, April 14, 2025 “Conserve Today!” As Holy Week 2025 arrives, we encounter a different kind of Lenten Challenge. Today’s task is to conserve everything we possibly can. What does this mean in the context of our Lenten Challenge? It’s simple: Don’t create any unnecessary waste today....

Lent Day 40

Sunday, April 13, 2025 “Invite Someone to Church” Today’s Challenge is perfect for this Lenten Season! Our Challenge is to invite someone to church. There are no restrictions to this Challenge. As long as you officially invite someone to church, you will have successfully completed the...

Lent Day 39

Saturday, April 12, 2025 “Just Say No: No TV, Social Media, Streaming or Video Games” Holy Smokes! What Gives? The reason lots of us are participating in the Lent Challenges this year is that some of the tasks are super easy! Now, after a 24-hour fast, no TV? If you’re planning to watch The...

Lent Day 38

Friday, April 11, 2025 “24-Hour Fast” Yep! It’s finally arrived! This is the first of two 24-hour fasts we will face in our Lenten Challenges this Season. For those who are new to the whole fasting concept or those who won’t try to fast, please allow for a very brief explanation. Don’t...

Lent Day 37

Thursday, April 10, 2025 “Check In With Loved Ones” It’s time for a wellness check! Where are your loved ones? At home? On the water? In the woods? At the beach? Today’s Lenten Challenge is to make contact with our loved ones. Phone, text, and email are fine. The point of this challenge is...

Lent Day 36

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 “Listen!” Are you the one in the group who always talks? Are you the person who always leads the discussion? Are you overly eager to share your knowledge and experience with everyone? Do you normally carry the conversation, and do you already know about most of the...

Lent Day 35

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 “Read (or Listen to) An Extra Devotion” Today’s Lenten Challenge is an easy one, but it is also a very helpful one. Today’s task is to “Read (or Listen to) An Extra Devotion”, which simply means that we need to find a devotion (other than this one) and read it or...

Lent Day 34

Monday, April 7, 2025 “Help A Neighbor” Our Lenten Challenge today is to help a neighbor. Throughout this Lenten Season, we’ve encountered several Challenges focused on helping other people. This time, the focus is someone who lives close enough to be considered a neighbor. The help we...

Lent Day 33

Sunday, April 6, 2025 “Go the Extra Mile for Another” As we begin the fifth full week of Lent, our Challenges again focus on our relationship with God and each other. How do we respond to the needs of others? How do we respond to God’s needs for those around us? When we do good things for...

Lent Day 32

Saturday, April 5, 2025 “Walk or Play Outside” Today’s Challenge, to spend some time outside, arrives at a time when much of our country is experiencing storms and poor weather. For those who can’t get outside today, do something else for God, such as read for an hour. Stay safe. The rest...

Lent Day 31

Friday, April 4, 2025 “Water Only Beverage” As we begin another Friday in Lent, we again tackle another 24-hour dietary Challenge. Today’s Challenge is to drink only water. If you’ve been following along in these Daily Challenges, you shouldn’t be surprised with this one. Two weeks ago, we...

Lent Day 30

Thursday, April 3, 2025 “Meet Someone New” Today’s Challenge for Lent is to Meet Someone New, which ought to be easy enough. Most people probably don’t know us, despite what we tend to think. Therefore, it never hurts to introduce ourselves to someone if we’re not sure. In fact, introducing...

Lent Day 29

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 “Reconcile With Someone” For many of us who are participating in these Daily Challenges for Lent, today’s Challenge will be the most difficult. However, there’s one part that’s easy about it: writing. Yes, writing the devotion for this Challenge is super easy...

Lent Day 28

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 “Complete A Random Act of Kindness” Today’s Challenge is to complete a Random Act of Kindness. This is really great. For those who haven’t seen the film “Evan Almighty”, starring Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman, put this movie on your schedule for Lent this year. It’s...

Lent Day 27

Monday, March 31, 2025 “Forgive Someone Else” We have begun the fourth week of Lent, so if you’ve made a Lenten Commitment, you might already be more than halfway through! On the other hand, if you haven’t chosen to do anything specific for God this Lent, that’s okay. This is the perfect...

Lent Day 26

Sunday, March 30, 2025 “Defeat the Ghost of Easter Past” If you’re reading this early in the morning, you might think that you’re seeing something wrong. No worries: You are correct. Today’s Challenge for Lent is to Defeat the Ghost of Easter Past. So, assuming that most people recognize...

Lent Day 25

Saturday, March 29, 2025 “Thank a Military Member” Today is National Vietnam War Veterans Day, remembering those men and women who bravely served the United States in the Vietnam War. Approximately 2.7 million servicemen and women were involved in the War, over 58,000 of whom lost their...

Lent Day 24

Friday, March 28, 2025 “Caffeine-Free!” Argh! It’s the dreaded “Caffeine-Free” Friday, one of the Daily Challenges that repeats each Lenten Season. If you haven’t noticed, each Friday, we face a different dietary challenge. The good news is that each Challenge is only 24 hours. The bad news...

Lent Day 23

Thursday, March 27, 2025 “Donate Food” Today’s Challenge for Lent is another easy one, but it might be the most important one of the entire Season. Why? In the United States alone, there are more than 47 million hungry people, including 1 in 5 children. This amounts to about 13.5% of the...

Lent Day 22

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 “Pray for 15 Minutes” Landing in the middle of the week, it’s time to add a little fertilizer to our Lenten Journey. Whether we’ve been steadfast since Ash Wednesday or just happen to be accidentally reading this article, consider giving God 15 minutes today in...

Lent Day 21

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 “Read for One Hour” Today’s Lenten Challenge, to read for an hour, was chosen for several reasons. First, reading is a healthy activity. Second, today is National Tolkien Reading Day, referring to the popular and influential author J.R.R. Tolkien. J.R.R. Tolkien,...

Lent Day 20

Monday, March 24, 2025 “Bless Someone Today” Today’s Lenten Challenge is to bless someone else. Since it’s Monday, this is the perfect day to tackle this Challenge. Mondays are normally met with tired eyes and limited smiles, especially for those who are beginning another week of work. So,...

Lent Day 19

Sunday, March 23, 2025 “Eliminate One Fear” As we begin another week during Lent, we address something that everyone faces: Fear. What do we fear? The dark? A certain person? A situation that we are involved in? A place that haunts us? Everyone fears something. Some of us battle fear daily...

Lent Day 18

Saturday, March 22, 2025 “Eliminate One Bad Habit for 24 Hours!” Ouch! Today’s Lenten Challenge should be difficult for most of us, but not impossible. All of us have something we know that we need to eliminate. However, instead of getting rid of it for six weeks or an entire year, today’s...

Lent Day 17

Friday, March 21, 2025 “No Sugars In Food or Drink” Arggh! This Friday, the Lenten Challenge is literally for the birds. Birds are happy with unpolluted drinks, but not me. If I can’t get my sugar and caffeine, I’m likely to be a little edgy. Thankfully, caffeine is okay today, as long as I...

Lent Day 16

Thursday, March 20, 2025 “Plant a Seed, Flower, Plant, or Herb!” When was the last time we planted, anything? Last week? Last year? Never? Today is the first day of Spring! Warmer weather and the anticipation of swimsuits and swimming pools abound. The changing weather is one sign of a new...

Lent Day 15

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 “Read the Bible for 15 Minutes!” Today’s Challenge for Lent is to read the Bible for 15 minutes. This should be an easy task to complete, but if you’re not in the habit of reading at least that long, it’ll be more difficult than you might think. Let’s be frank:...

Lent Day 14

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 “Hand Write and Mail a Letter” When was the last time we wrote a letter to someone in our own handwriting? Some of us might be old pros at today’s Lenten Challenge, while others haven’t written and mailed a letter in years. Many more of us haven’t received a...

Lent Day 13

Monday, March 17, 2025 “Be/Wear Green” Today’s Lenten Challenge is to Be/Wear Green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. Green is the color we most associate with St. Patrick, so we’ll likely see plenty of green today. Some folks will wear green to prevent from being pinched by leprechauns...

Lent Day 12

Sunday, March 16, 2025 “Take a Step in My Faith Journey” On the second Sunday of Lent, we consider something good for all of us: We are asked to move forward in our relationship with the LORD. Okay, what does this mean? This is where I’ll put on my pastoral hat for a few moments while also...

Lent Day 11

Saturday, March 15, 2025 “Clean Out the Closet and Drawer!” Woohoo! It’s the second Saturday of Lent, bringing us to face a Challenge that we’ve avoided for a long time. Today’s Challenge is to clean out that dreaded closet and/or drawer! If you’re asking yourself which one to clean out,...

Lent Day 10

Friday, March 14, 2025 “No Meat Today” Today is a repeat Challenge from last week: “No Meat Today”. As mentioned last Friday, the tradition of not consuming meat on Fridays during Lent dates back at least 1,000 years. The Church adopted the tradition because meat is often referenced as a...

Lent Day 9

Thursday, Martch 13, 2025 “Help Someone Today” I’m guessing that today feels like every other day this week. Granted, we are just one more day away from the weekend, but otherwise, most of us are motoring through with little change from yesterday or last week. I’m not suggesting that today...

Lent Day 8

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 “Clean and Organize Today” What needs to be cleaned? What needs to be organized? Today’s the day to do it! It is highly likely that everyone has something that needs to be cleaned and organized. Now, before you go to that nightmare closet in the hallway or the...

Lent Day 7

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 “Tell Someone You Love Them” Here’s something that’s a bit different: tell someone you love them. How often do we say it? How often do we hear it? For some of us, this will be simple because we will have a variety of folks from which to choose. However, for others,...

Lent Day 6

Monday, March 10, 2025 “Make Today a Good Day” If there’s a day people need to excuse nasty behavior, today would be the most likely chosen. The first Monday in Lent is about as exciting as waiting in line at the State Revenue Office. One could randomly pick any other day on the calendar...

Lent Day 5

Sunday, March 9, 2025 “Commit to Something for Lent” On the first Sunday of the Lenten Season, we are asked to consider making a commitment to God for the next six weeks. The commitment, whether to do something specific or refrain from certain things, is made between the person and God....

Lent Day 4

Saturday, March 8, 2025 “15 Minutes of Exercise Today” What is on the list for today? Will this be a day of fun, or is it a day of chores? If we happen to enjoy our chores, then today will be perfect since we can have fun while also being productive! But before we get our day started,...

Lent Day 3

Friday, March 7, 2025 “No Meat Today!” In early 1962, McDonald’s franchise owner Lou Groen (Cincinnati, OH) tested a new product to help offset his falling hamburger sales. His business was located in a neighborhood with lots of churches, and he began to worry about the additional sales he...

Lent Day 2

Thursday, March 6, 2025 “Pray AT LEAST Three Times Today.” Today’s Challenge for Lent is an easy one: Pray three times. I mean, really? How simple can we get? Nobody will know if we don’t pray today. This is just between each of us and the LORD. If we want to say a prayer, we can. If we...

Lent Day 1

Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025 “Marked for Greatness! Get Ashed!” Do you do Lent? Most people don’t. In case you are unfamiliar with the season, “Lent” is the 6 weeks of preparation for Easter. (It’s not too much unlike the season of Advent, which is the 4 weeks of preparation for Christmas.)...

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