The season of Lent began last Wednesday. I am again "enjoying" the discipline of fasting. I was going to choose a "larger" once a week fast, but decided that I really need a daily fast of some kind - the kind that makes me realize something is missing in my normal life, something that daily brings my mind back to Lent, to Christ and to prayer. For me it is to deny myself certain foods and a certain eating pattern that I enjoy. The discipline is good for my soul and "ups" my awareness of Christ.
Since it is the Lent Season, today I will begin a seven Sunday series of sermons coordinated with the pastor of our sister congregation here in Hanoi. We are preaching on the seven I AM statements of Christ in John's Gospel.
Here is the familiar first bold statement:
"Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." John 6:35
Jesus truly is the only One that satisfies our deep soul hunger and the only One who guarantees this satisfaction will last long after death. He calls us not to his teaching, important as that is, but to Himself. May you, on this first Sunday of Lent, choose to draw closer to the One who is the Bread of Life.
Since it is the Lent Season, today I will begin a seven Sunday series of sermons coordinated with the pastor of our sister congregation here in Hanoi. We are preaching on the seven I AM statements of Christ in John's Gospel.
Here is the familiar first bold statement:
"Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." John 6:35
Jesus truly is the only One that satisfies our deep soul hunger and the only One who guarantees this satisfaction will last long after death. He calls us not to his teaching, important as that is, but to Himself. May you, on this first Sunday of Lent, choose to draw closer to the One who is the Bread of Life.
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