Friday Feb 27

Jesus, you spent forty days in wilderness being tested before ministry began. You faced temptation, hunger, isolation - and you overcame through dependence on your Father and his Word. These forty days ahead, I want to follow where you led. Show me what needs to go - what comfort I've mad

Your soul pants for Me like a deer thirsts for water. That restlessness you feel, that longing you can't quite name - it's thirst for Me. Nothing else will satisfy what I designed to be filled by My presence. Come drink deeply; I'm the water your soul is desperate for.

Traditional Lenten fasts focused on food - giving up meat, rich foods, or fasting completely on certain days. In medieval times, Christians abstained from all animal products during Lent, living on bread, vegetables, and water. The physical hunger served as constant reminder of spiritual n