Resurrection - John 20 | Resurrection and Wilderness: My Chapter 20 Welcome to the 2025 Lenten Devotional Resurrection - John 20 | Resurrection and Wilderness: My Chapter 20 Artwork: “My Lord and God” Jesus and Thomas, Painting by: Ronald Raab I know the truth is this— Throughout these 40 days of Lent, these reflections have helped me realise something:Just as the author of this Gospel uses Scripture to make sense of their experience—not just reporting events like the synoptics do, but...
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Good Friday - John 18:28–40 | Truth on Trial Welcome to the 2025 Lenten Devotional Holy Saturday — John 19 | The Closed Tomb: Mercy, Fulfilment, and Waiting Artwork: Source We’ve journeyed through the wilderness of Lent. Now, we sit at the edge. It’s Saturday. The cross has stood. The words “It is finished” have been spoken. And now… silence. But silence is not the same as absence. This final Lenten reflection draws us into the stillness of Holy Saturday—that mysterious space between death...
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Good Friday - John 18:28–40 | Truth on Trial Welcome to the 2025 Lenten Devotional Good Friday - John 18:28–40 | Truth on Trial Artwork: Christ before Pilate, c.1400-25 Before we enter the heartbreak of the cross, we pause at this chilling encounter between Jesus and Pilate — where truth, justice, and kingship all stand trial. We've already reflected on Jesus’s arrest and Peter’s denial (John 18:1–27), and now we continue with this next scene: Jesus before Pilate. This is a moment of high...
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Holy Week - John 17 | The Final Moment Before the Storm Welcome to the 2025 Lenten Devotional John 17 | The Final Moment Before the Storm Artwork: Source 🧎🏽♂️ “Jesus Prays for Us” “Holy Father, protect them… so that they may be one, as we are one.” (John 17:11) 🔑 Context: The Final Moment Before the Storm Those who know me know I love movies. So when I think of moments where everything slows down before everything explodes, I can’t help but think of that famous line: “This. Is. Sparta!” – 300...
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Holy Week - John 16:16–33 | Sorrow That Turns to Joy Welcome to the 2025 Lenten Devotional John 16:16–33 | Sorrow That Turns to Joy Artwork: Source Today we continue in John 16, building on what we explored last week in The Spirit Who Testifies, Convicts, and Guides. We now sit with Jesus’s promise of peace in the midst of sorrow. 🕊️ Introduction: When Holding on Feels Hard Let’s be honest—there are days when it’s hard to hold on to hope. Yesterday I said, you wake up, check the news, scroll...
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Holy Week - John 15:18–25 | When Love Is Rejected Welcome to the 2025 Lenten Devotional John 15:18–25 | When Love Is Rejected: Remaining Faithful in a World That Resists Artwork: "Aimez-vous les uns les autres" (Love One Another),by Henri-Camille Danger (1857-1939) Before we begin, a reminder that we already explored John 15:1–17, where Jesus says, “I am the true vine.” If you missed that devotion or would like to revisit it, you can find it here: John 15:1-17 | I Am – The True Vine 🕊️ A Note...
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Holy Week - John 14:8–14 | Dwelling, Trusting, and Living the Works of Jesus Welcome to the 2025 Lenten Devotional John 14:8–14 | Dwelling, Trusting, and Living the Works of Jesus Artwork: The Last Supper by Simon Ushakov, 1685 “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father…” Dwelling, Trusting, and Living the Works of Jesus As we begin Holy Week, we step into Jesus’s final conversation with His disciples—the farewell discourse. These are His last words before His arrest. Words of comfort, of...
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Week Six - John 20:19–23 | The Spirit That Sends and Restores Welcome to the 2025 Lenten Devotional John 20:19–23 | The Spirit That Sends and Restores Artwork: "Christ Appearing to the Apostles" by Rembrandt 🌬️ The Spirit That Sends and Restores “As the Father has sent me, so I send you…” Today we arrive at a powerful and long-awaited moment in the Gospel of John—the fulfilment of Jesus’s promise about the Spirit. Throughout this week we’ve reflected on how the Spirit marks, empowers,...
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Week Six - John 15:26–16:15 | The Spirit Who Testifies, Convicts, and Guides Welcome to the 2025 Lenten Devotional John 15:26–16:15 | The Spirit Who Testifies, Convicts, and Guides Artwork : The Last Sermon of Our Lord (Dernier Sermon de Notre-Seigneur) - James Tissot 🌬️ The Spirit Who Testifies, Convicts, and Guides “When the Advocate comes…” We are now deep into the Farewell Discourse—Jesus’s final teachings to His disciples before the arrest. He is preparing them for what is to come: not...
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