True Lenten Discipline

Holy Week Devotions-Saturday: Grumbling to Gratitude

March 30, 2013 by Jane VanOsdol Leave a Comment

“And do not grumble as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.” 1 Corinthians 10:10

We’ve almost made it to Easter! Today we are looking at the following stanza of the True Lenten Discipline poem.

FAST from discontent; FEAST on gratitude.

(Here is the full poem of True Lenten Discipline. Here are the devotions for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.Here is the link to the True Lenten Discipline Podcast.)

Today we will start out by looking at how seriously God takes our attitudes and obedience to Him. Our verse in 1 Corinthians is referring back to Numbers 16 when the Israelites were on their journey out of Egypt. Three men, Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, became insolent and were sinning by complaining against Moses and Aaron. They were of the Levite tribe and felt that they should be part of the priesthood too. Their attitudes were spreading to those around them. A dramatic standoff occurred [Read more…]

True Lenten Discipline Podcast

March 27, 2013 by Jane VanOsdol 1 Comment

Join Mary Kane and me this Holy Week as we discuss the poem True Lenten Discipline on our podcast. We’ll look at each of the seven stanzas to see what we can learn from them to apply to our lives as we prepare for Easter. [Read more…]

Holy Week Devotions

March 24, 2013 by Jane VanOsdol Leave a Comment

As we head into Holy Week, I’d like to share an poem/excerpt that gives us much to focus our hearts and minds on as we walk through the sorrow and joy of this week. Being that this version of the poem True Lenten Discipline has seven suggestions, it works out perfectly to look at one each day during Holy Week. On Monday we’ll [Read more…]