NCC Daily

Today we listen and meditate to a Lent hymn sung by our very own Sarah Tebi.

We are standing in the gap today and allowing our prayers to build bridges between the present moment and future destiny.

True confession recognizes that God’s mercy and love are always extended toward us. Our beloved-ness is a foregone conclusion. When we confess, we earn nothing…we simply recognize and receive the gift already offered to us.

Prayers of lament are full of dissonance. When we confront the Creator of the Universe with our questions, our whys, and our hows, it can feel so uncomfortable—as though we are too close, too raw, too emotional, and too naked before The Almighty God. But as I read through the Psalms, I am reminded that God actually welcomes this posture—The King of Kings can handle our nakedness.

Today we meditate on the words of Scripture read by Lora Batterson.

I’m about to sing a song called “Waiting” and I just want to invite you to sit in this space as we are in this season of Lent — walking the ways of Jesus through the wilderness. I pray that God would speak to you as you hear this song today.

Nothing has grown my faith in the middle of trial by fire more than fasting. It’s this kind of fast that will break the stronghold of the enemy. If you’re going into a spiritual battle, consecrate a fast.

I encourage you especially in the season of Lent to practice even a few minutes of silence or perhaps 20 minutes of silence in your regular prayer time but also to accept God's invitation to follow Jesus's example and slip away, carve out some time for solitude with God.

Lent is a season that offers us an invitation to consider how the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus sheds light on how we ought to move through the seasons of life marked by living, dying, and rising.

Today we meditate on Luke 4:1-21 and Psalm 91:1-2; 9-16.