March 25th Lenten Daily Devotional

Lenten devotionals for March and April. We will focus on a different concept each day of the week: Sundays: Resting/Taking Sabbath Mondays: Fasting Tuesdays: Giving Wednesdays: Serving Thursdays: Praying Fridays: Studying/Learning Saturdays: Celebrating/Playing.

Week 4 Theme: The Journey of the Heart

March 25 (Tuesday – Giving)

• Scripture: Acts 20:35 — In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
• Reflection: When we give, we are reaching out with our resources to bolster, support, and create a reciprocal community. Sometimes we’ll be the ones who need help, and assistance, from others.
  Admittedly, being in the role of ‘giver’ is often our preferred role, since we’re in a position to make a choice, and act, with a sense of sufficient finances, and resources such as time or energy, to share them with others. To be sure, it is tougher to the one experiencing a lack, or a vulnerability, that requires accepting aid from others.
  Where on the spectrum of giving and receiving aid and support, do you find yourself in your life right now? In what ways do you need the help of others? In what ways are you able to give help to others?
• Spiritual Practice Prompt: Name a way that you are now in need. Identify some part of your life in which you are vulnerable. Who has given you help to overcome or address that need? Say a prayer of thanks for that resource, gift, person or organization, and how you have been helped. Or even write a note, or message, or make a call to express thanks for such help.

Song:

• Give Me Your Eyes by Brandon Heath: https://youtu.be/P5AkNqLuVgY?si=w8wlhSK9YmEAny_x