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Lent Devotional – Beech Trees

Thursday, April 10 By: John Eldridge See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:19 The woods behind our house are full of beech trees. They are the trees that do not shed […]

April 10, 2025 by
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Lent Devotional – Embracing Divine Interruptions

Monday, April 7 By: Julie Massie She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. ‘Who touched me?’ Jesus asked. Luke 8:44-45 We live in a world where interruptions are incessant. Through social media, advertising, emails, pop-up notifications, children, coworkers, and a billion other things, we are […]

April 7, 2025 by
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Lent Devotional – Restoration and Renewal

Thursday, April 3 By: Rev. Tim Best When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord has done great things […]

April 3, 2025 by
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Lent Devotional – Loving Relentlessly

Monday, March 31 By:Pat Bellingrath But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love. 1 Corinthians 13 As I journey through Lent, I am especially aware of the despair […]

March 31, 2025 by
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Lent Devotional – Hymns of the Passion

Thursday, March 27 By: Nancy Carmon After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal […]

March 27, 2025 by
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Lent Devotional – Spiritual Fasting for Lent

Monday, March 24 By: David Lineberger Yet even now, declares the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments. Joel 2:12-13 Strictly speaking, fasting refers to abstaining from food for a period of time, usually one day from sunrise to […]

March 24, 2025 by
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Lent Devotional – When The Song Begins

Thursday, March 20 By: Kristen Struyk Then Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also, with the trumpets and with the instruments of David king of Israel. 2 Chronicles 29:27 “It is when this surrender of our lives to […]

March 20, 2025 by
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Weekly Prayer – March 19, 2025

Weekly Prayers for the Church Street Family Week of March 19, 2025 Written by Rev. Tim Best Gracious God,  We are thankful for spring, for warmer temperatures and longer days. As flowers begin to grow and trees start to show signs of summer close at hand, we are mindful of the ways we too experience […]

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