Approach With Confidence

You can approach My throne of grace with confidence - not cowering in fear, not groveling in shame, but bold and assured. You have access through Jesus. Come freely to receive mercy and find grace exactly when you need it. The throne room is always open to you. – Hebrews 4:16

Sunday Read: The Scandal of Grace

The Pharisees were scandalized by whom Jesus ate with. "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" they demanded (Matthew 9:11). In their worldview, holiness meant separation from sin and sinners. Righteous people didn't contaminate themselves by associating with the moral

Saturday Prayer: Preparing My Heart

Father, Lent begins in a few days, and I want it to be more than ritual, more than just giving up chocolate or scrolling. I want genuine transformation, honest repentance, real return to you with my whole heart. But I also know I'm prone to performance, to external actions that don't touch

Saturday Read: Preparing for Lent

In four days, Ash Wednesday begins the Lenten season - forty days (excluding Sundays) of preparation leading to Easter. The practice dates to the early church, when new converts would spend forty days in intensive preparation for baptism at Easter. Eventually, the whole church joined them

Return to Me

Return to Me with all your heart - not just outward actions but genuine turning. I'm not impressed by fasting and rituals if your heart isn't in it. Tear your heart, not just your garments. Come back to Me, because I'm gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. I'm re

You can approach My throne of grace with confidence - not cowering in fear, not groveling in shame, but bold and assured. You have access through Jesus. Come freely to receive mercy and find grace exactly when you need it. The throne room is always open to you. – Hebrews 4:16

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Sunday Read: The Scandal of Grace

Saturday Prayer: Preparing My Heart

Saturday Read: Preparing for Lent

Return to Me