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Giving Up for Lent!
Medard Laz
February 20, 2024
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</iframe<p><strong>Many of us have been invited to do some penance and to give something up for the 40 Days of Lent.</strong><strong></strong><strong>Self-denial is about making a sacrifice that makes a difference, focusing on the Cross and reminding ourselves what Christ gave up for us. Here is a great list of suggestions:</strong></p><p><strong>GIVE UP</strong> <em>grumbling! Instead, <strong>“In everything give thanks.”</strong> Constructive criticism is OK, but “moaning, groaning, and complaining” are not Christian disciplines.</em></p><p><strong>GIVE UP</strong> 10 to 15 minutes in bed! Instead, use that time in prayer, Bible study and personal devotion. <strong><em>A few minutes in prayer WILL keep you focused.</em></strong></p><p><strong>GIVE UP</strong> looking at other people’s worst attributes. Instead concentrate on their best points. We all have faults. <strong>It is a lot easier to have people overlook our shortcomings when we overlook theirs first.</strong></p><p><strong>GIVE UP</strong> speaking unkindly. Instead, let your speech be generous and understanding. <strong><em>It costs so little to say something kind and uplifting or to offer a smile. Why not check that sharp tongue at the door?</em></strong></p><p><strong>GIVE UP</strong> your hatred of anyone or anything! Instead, learn the discipline of love. <strong>“Love covers a multitude of sins.”</strong></p><p><strong>GIVE UP</strong> your worries and anxieties! They’re too heavy for you to carry anyway. Instead, trust God with them. Anxiety is spending emotional energy on something we can do nothing about: like tomorrow! <strong>Live today and let God’s grace be sufficient.</strong></p><p><strong>GIVE UP</strong> TV and your smart phone one evening a week! Instead, call someone who’s lonely or sick. There are those who are isolated by illness or age. Why isolate yourself in front of “a screen?” <strong>Give someone a precious gift: your time!</strong></p><p><strong>GIVE UP </strong>buying anything but essentials for yourself! Instead, give the money to God. The money you would spend on the luxuries could help someone meet basic needs. <strong>We’re called to be stewards of God’s riches, not consumers.</strong></p><p><strong>GIVE UP</strong> judging others by appearances and by the standard of the world! Instead, learn to give up yourself to God. <strong>There is only one who has the right to judge, Jesus Christ.</strong></p><p>Thanks to Rev. Craig Gates for these things to give up. Thanks to Markus Spiske for the picture. </p><p><strong>Try some of these this week….At least try some of them for a day!!!!</strong></p><p><strong>THE SECRET TO A HAPPY LIFE IS GIVING GOD THE FIRST MINUTES OF YOUR DAY!!</strong></p><p><strong>Do share today’s Daily Treat with a fellow believer: TreatsfortheSoul.org. 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