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    In God's Grace: Daily Meditations and Prayers for the Season of Lent
    In God's Grace: Daily Meditations and Prayers for the Season of Lent
    In God's Grace: Daily Meditations and Prayers for the Season of Lent
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    In God's Grace: Daily Meditations and Prayers for the Season of Lent

    By David H. Lester

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    In God's Grace is a powerful and deeply personal rendering of daily meditations and prayers for the Lenten Season. There are many who have already utilized this material in a previously unpublished form and found it to be profoundly helpful as a guide toward self-examination, repentance, and reconciliation. While In God's Grace is written primarily for the Lenten Season there are some who also use it as occasional meditation throughout the year.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateSep 9, 2011
    ISBN9781426992537
    In God's Grace: Daily Meditations and Prayers for the Season of Lent
    Author

    David H. Lester

    The Rev. Dr. David H. Lester received his master’s and doctorate degrees from Bangor Theological Seminary. He is a local church historian and author of several articles and books. Dr. Lester currently lives in Orrington, Maine, with his wife, Joyce, and serves on the pastoral staff at East Orrington Congregational Church.

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      In God's Grace - David H. Lester

      In God’s Grace

      Daily Meditations and Prayers

      For the Season of Lent

      David H. Lester

      Order this book online at www.trafford.com

      or email orders@trafford.com

      Most Trafford titles are also available at major online book retailers.

      © Copyright 2011 David H. Lester.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

      All funds from the sale of this book will be used for charitable purposes.

      All Scripture references are from The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the

      Apocrypha (Expanded Edition) Revised Standard Version, Copyright 1977,

      New York, Oxford University Press 1977.

      Printed in the United States of America.

      isbn: 978-1-4269-9252-0 (sc)

      isbn: 978-1-4269-9253-7 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011914534

      Trafford rev. 08/18/2011

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      Contents

      Dedication

      Preface

      Ash Wednesday

      Thursday of Week One

      Friday of Week One

      Saturday of Week One

      Sunday of Week One

      Monday of Week Two

      Tuesday of Week Two

      Wednesday of Week Two

      Thursday of Week Two

      Friday of Week Two

      Saturday of Week Two

      Sunday of Week Two

      Monday of Week Three

      Tuesday of Week Three

      Wednesday of Week Three

      Thursday of Week Three

      Friday of Week Three

      Saturday of Week Three

      Sunday of Week Three

      Monday of Week Four

      Tuesday of Week Four

      Wednesday of Week Four

      Thursday of Week Four

      Friday of Week Four

      Saturday of Week Four

      Sunday of Week Four

      Monday of Week Five

      Tuesday of Week Five

      Wednesday of Week Five

      Thursday of Week Five

      Friday of Week Five

      Saturday of Week Five

      Sunday of Week Five

      Monday of Week Six

      Tuesday of Week Six

      Wednesday of Week Six

      Thursday of Week Six

      Friday of Week Six

      Saturday of Week Six

      Palm Sunday

      Monday of Holy Week

      Tuesday of Holy Week

      Wednesday of Holy Week

      Maundy Thursday

      Good Friday

      Holy Saturday

      Easter Sunday

      Epilogue

      About the Author

      Dedication

      To the

      Glory of God

      And

      To my wife

      Joyce Elaine Lester

      Preface

      This writing in its entirety comes straight from the heart. It finds its origin in a request made to me by the Rev. Carl B. Schreiber, Jr., Senior Pastor of East Orrington Congregational Church in Orrington, Maine. Pastor Carl asked if I would be willing to write a daily devotion for the season of Lent. I was pleased to be asked and set about the task of searching my own heart in preparation.

      As a Christian and certainly as an ordained minister the season of Lent is very important to me. However, I must confess that in the writing of the daily devotions you will be reading, the season of Lent took on a whole new meaning and depth for me as an individual soul. I explored and prayed more deeply than ever before concerning my own sin, my relationship with God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, as well as the life I am living in response to God’s immeasurable love for me. I took to heart the core Lenten concept of self-evaluation in light of the saving acts of God through Jesus Christ.

      In recent days I was moved by God to share these meditations with as many people as possible. I decided to put them into print allowing for the opportunity to have them readily available to anyone who chooses to use them in devotion. In rereading the material it also became clear to me that most of the meditations can be used outside the season of Lent. Self-examination before God is not confined to the Lenten season alone. I leave it up to you, the reader, whether you use the material strictly for the season of Lent, or whether you refer to it from time to time as a daily devotion.

      I encourage you to take the time to read all of the readings for each day and to sincerely meditate upon the guidance given in the meditations. The mediations are intended only as a starting point. From there you are encouraged to reflect more specifically about your personal life and your relationship with the Triune God. Likewise I encourage you to expand the prayers to be more specific about you and your response to God’s love. I pray that as you work your way through these readings you will come to know the full joy and reality, as did I, of living In God’s Grace.

      David H. Lester

      First Week of Lent

      Ash Wednesday

      Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent which covers the 46 days (40 not counting Sundays) before Easter. Ashes formed by the burning of palms from the previous year’s Palm Sunday are mixed with a small amount of oil to create a paste. The officiating minister places ashes in the shape of a cross on the foreheads of those who come forth as a sign of repentance. Lent is a time during which Christians go through a period of repentance and self-examination.

      Scripture Readings:

      Psalter: Psalm 32

      Old Testament: Jonah 3:1-4:11

      Epistle: Hebrews 12:1-14

      Gospel: Luke 18:9-14

      Meditation: True confession and repentance comes from deep within the soul. Repentance is far more than words passing through our lips. It is a recognition of, and deep regret for, our sins of commission and our sins of omission. Further, repentance is a true commitment to self and to God that we will stop, turn around, and move in the opposite direction of our transgressions. As we take the Lenten journey, God calls each of us to begin that journey, standing fully exposed before God, holding nothing back, and acknowledging the depth of our sin. No matter to what depths we may have fallen from grace, we are never so far away that God is not

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