Day 2 - March 6, 2025
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Take this time to enjoy a closer walk with God. Read a short devotion and a selected Bible verse each day.
It’s Day 2 of the Lent, A Closer Walk with God 40-Day Devotion.
DEVOTION
Lent could be considered the “Christian New Years:” you decide to make changes to better yourself. During Lent, many Christians take a spiritual inventory, and give up what is harmful to our souls and concentrate on becoming more Christ-like.
About two years ago, I decided to awaken an hour earlier than usual. My goal: I would pray an entire hour, to hone my spiritual eyes to see where the Lord wished me to be and do what He wanted me to do. It started out wonderfully. I journaled, sang worship, waited for the Lord to speak to my heart. I even scheduled my phone to “ding” and inform me what action in that hour I was to embark upon.
But then…
My body decided it wanted sleep more than embark upon communion with God. I pressed the “snooze button,” and prayed sleepy prayers, and made feeble excuses. The worst excuse was, “Well, God doesn’t want our prayers to become ritualistic, right?” Unfortunately, I discontinued hourly early morning prayer. However, I’ve experienced the desire to embark upon that journey, again, because I felt the closest to God in that sweet hour of prayer than any time in my life.
We can be hard upon the disciples who fell asleep, instead of praying during Jesus’ most critical moments in the history of humanity, as He pleaded with the Father three times to “take this cup from Me.” But then I have to remember, “Lord, how many times have I fallen asleep on You?”
PRAYER
Prayer: Father, may we take this time to open our hearts to You, to seek Your face, to seek Your will above our own, and to ask You to help protect us against temptation as we draw closer to You. Amen
VERSE
Verse Matthew 26:41 (ESV)
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