Lent ends with Easter, and exists to prepare for that ending. Lent is meant to be a season in the life of the Christian, each year, that points him or her in the direction of a resurrection which comes to us through the doorway of the cross. For Jesus, resurrection did not come without death and, to know and believe and trust His resurrection, one must visit His cross.
There is a small list of themes that the church has emphasized over the centuries during the 40 days (minus Sundays) between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. These Lenten themes usually revolve around a deeper reflection upon personal sin and personal humility in light of the necessity of His earthly suffering and atoning death. Lent is a season of reflection on sin.
At King’s Cross, our Lenten reflection will be helping one another to have an increased attentiveness on God’s Word. Our regular preaching series in Matthew will continue through Lent. Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday will be separate sermons from Acts 2, Peter’s first sermon.
During Lent we will simply be reading, over and over again, Book IV of the Psalms. Did you know the 150 psalms were arranged into 150 books? Book IV spans from Psalm 90 to Psalm 106. These are seventeen psalms. What follows are short devotions from Book IV. Your task is to read over and over again Psalms 90 to 106.
The devotions here are meant to aid and encourage your reading, sometimes generally, sometimes specifically. If they distract your reading of Book IV, ignore them. Happily.
John F. Jones
King's Cross Senior Pastor
