Lakeside Community Presbyterian Church

“By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food

until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are

and to dust you will return.”

Genesis 3:19

Ash Wednesday was yesterday and it marked the beginning of Lent, a forty plus day journey to Holy Week, ending on Holy Saturday, the Saturday before Easter.

I don’t know what your Lenten practices will be. Some of you will fast from something (i.e. no chocolate, no sugar, no meat), some of you make add something (i.e. read the Bible daily, memorize scripture) or you may think of acts of service that you can do for others.

One of my favorites Lenten practices is to follow an online devotional from the Biola University Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts. Here is a link to the Lenten Project:  https://ccca.biola.edu/lent/2026

I hope that you will have a meaningful journey with Christ this Lenten season.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,²³ gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. ²⁴ Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. ²⁵ Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

Are you a patient person?