Contemplative Readings For Lent (from Amplify Media)

These very helpful Lenten devotional readings come from Amplify Media. I find them helpful, and I hope that you will.

Blow the horn in Zion;
give a shout on my holy mountain!
Let all the people of the land tremble,
for the day of the Lord is coming.
It is near—
a day of darkness and no light,
a day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness spread out upon the mountains,
a great and powerful army comes,
unlike any that has ever come before them,
or will come after them in centuries ahead. ...
Change your hearts
Yet even now, says the Lord,
return to me with all your hearts,
with fasting, with weeping, and with sorrow;
—Joel 2:1-2, 12 CEB—

Deliver me from violence, God, God of my salvation,
so that my tongue can sing of your righteousness.
Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will proclaim your praise.
You don’t want sacrifices.
If I gave an entirely burned offering,
you wouldn’t be pleased.
A broken spirit is my sacrifice, God.
You won’t despise a heart, God, that is broken and crushed
—Psalm 51:14-17 CEB—

So we are ambassadors who represent Christ. God is negotiating with you through us. We beg you as Christ’s representatives, “Be reconciled to God!”
—2 Corinthians 5:20 CEB—