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Lent, Part 5: Subtracting Power, Gaining Honor

Rev. Eddie Kirkland, preaching from Jeremiah 31:31-34 and John 12:20-33 on March 18, 2018. This week we learn Jesus' call to surrender our very power, and find the life that comes through death in His kingdom. Subscribe to the Parish Podcast: iTunes / Other

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Lent Practices – Week 6 – 3.19.2018

THEME:Subtracting Power, Gaining Honor BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, give me a desire to surrender my power and follow You. CENTERING: Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, because judgment without mercy…

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Lent Practices – Week 5 – 3.16.2018

THEME:Subtracting Independence, Gaining Freedom BREATH PRAYER: Lord, help me subtract my independence and surrender to You. CENTERING: While Jesus was standing there, He cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in…

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Lent Practices – Week 5 – 3.15.2018

THEME:Subtracting Independence, Gaining Freedom BREATH PRAYER: Lord, help me subtract my independence and surrender to You. CENTERING: Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of the orphans. Fight for the right of widows. Isaiah 1:17…

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Lent Practices – Week 5 – 3.14.2018

THEME:Subtracting Independence, Gaining Freedom BREATH PRAYER: Lord, help me subtract my independence and surrender to You. CENTERING: You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf.…

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Lent Practices – Week 5 – 3.13.2018

THEME:Subtracting Independence, Gaining Freedom BREATH PRAYER: Lord, help me subtract my independence and surrender to You. CENTERING: Wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live … It will become fresh, and everything will live where the river…

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Lent Practices – Week 5 – 3.12.2018

THEME:Subtracting Independence, Gaining Freedom BREATH PRAYER: Lord, help me subtract my independence and surrender to You. CENTERING: But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which He loved us even when we were dead through…

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Lent Practices – Week 4 – 3.9.2018

THEME:Subtracting Consumption, Gaining Love BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, replace my desire for consumption with Your consuming love. CENTERING: It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; your faithfulness comes from me. Those who are…

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Lent Practices – Week 4 – 3.8.2018

THEME:Subtracting Consumption, Gaining Love BREATH PRAYER: Jesus, replace my desire for consumption with Your consuming love. CENTERING: This command I gave them, “Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk only…

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