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Lent Journey: Love's Full Extent 

On our approach Easter this year, I want to invite us to try to slow down and journey with Jesus.

Traditionally, the 40 days that lead us up to Easter are called Lent - and we are encouraged to use those days as a period of reflection and preparation to remember Jesus's death and resurrection together. This year I'm writing some short daily devotionals called: Love's Full Extent to help us take that journey together.

For each of the blogs there's:

  • A recording of the scripture for that day.
  • A brief reflection on that passage.
  • And some pointers for prayer.
There will be five of these each week to allow a bit of a buffer to catch up if you miss a day here and there.

 

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Love's Full Extent

The final week of Jesus' life is often called His "Passion", which comes from an old Latin word patior, meaning "to suffer, bear, endure". 

Who better to guide us through Jesus' Passion than Jesus' closest friend John - the Apostle of Love? I'm praying that as we slow down we'll gain a deeper and richer understanding of Jesus' love for the world... and His love for us!
 
I really hope you can join us for the journey!

 

Week 1

  Date Theme Scripture
01 Mon 12th Feb Love Poured Out  John 12. 1-11
02 Tues 13th Feb The King of Love (pt1) John 12. 12-29
03 Wed 14th Feb The Price of Love John 12. 20-36
04 Thurs 15th Feb The Cry of Love John 12. 37-50
05 Fri 16th Feb The Work of Love John 13. 1-5
 

Week 2

06 Mon 19th Feb The Welcoming of Love John 13. 3-11
07 Tues 20th Feb The Way of Love John 13. 12-20
08 Wed 21st Feb The Offer of Love John 13. 21-30
09 Thurs 22nd Feb The Call of Love John 13. 30-35
10 Fri 23rd Feb The Denial of Love John 13. 36-38
 

Week 3

11 Mon 26th Feb The Path of Love John 14. 1-14
12 Tues 27th Feb The Spirit of Love (pt1) John 14. 15-21
13 Wed 28th Feb Loving Peace John 14. 22-31
14 Thurs 29th Feb Remaining in Love John 15. 1-17
15 Fri 1st March The Safety of Love John 15.18 - 16.4
  

Week 4

16 Mon 4th March The Spirit of Love (pt2) John 16. 5-15
17 Tues 5th March Loving Joy John 16. 16-33
18 Wed 6th March The Language of Love (pt1) John 17. 1-5
19 Thurs 7th March The Language of Love (pt2) John 17. 6-19
20 Fri 8th March The Language of Love (pt3) John 17. 20-26
 

Week 5

21 Mon 11th March The Concern of Love John 18. 1-9
22 Tues 12th March The Surprise of Love John 18. 10-11
23 Wed 13th March The Surrender of Love John 18. 12-14
24 Thurs 14th March The Test of Love (pt1) John 18. 15-18
25 Fri 15th March The Trial of Love John 18. 19-24
 

Week 6

26 Mon 18th March The Tests of Love (pt2) John 18. 25-27
27 Tues 19th March The Search for Love John 18. 28-37
28 Wed 20th March Love's Exchange John 18. 37-40
29 Thurs 21st March The Man of Love John 19. 1-11
30 Fri 22nd March The King of Love (pt2) John 19. 12-16
 

Week 7

31 Mon 25th March The Proof of Love John 19. 16-18
32 Tues 26th March The Sign of Love John 19. 18-24
33 Wed 27th March The Covering of Love John 19. 23-24
34 Thurs 28th March The Son of Love John 19. 25-27
35 Fri 29th March The Power of Love John 19. 28-37
36 Sat 30th March The Gift of Love John 19. 38-42
37 Sun 31st March The Scars of Love John 20. 1-18





 
Glenys
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We aim to finish at about 11.45 to Midday when we serve free tea, coffee and cold drinks. This is a great opportunity to get to meet people.

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