Today is Monday, February 26th, the first day of the second week of Lent. A unique Lenten

journey where I am uniting with my brothers and sisters from Bridgetown Church in a season of united prayer and fasting, seeking

an increase of faith to come alive in me and in us between now and resurrection mourning.

As I enter prayer now,

I slow my body and quiet my mind,

setting my whole being in the presence of the living God who is ever

present to me.

Recalling the day I've lived, treasuring its blessings as I look into God's face,

and laying its burdens at his feet. Oh, Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord,

let us shout out loud to the rock of our salvation. Aba, father, in this Lenten season of prayer and fasting, I ask that you'd not only work through my prayers,

but work within me, even beyond my prayers.

The laying aside of one appetite with the aid of your

spirit gives rise to another. Toon my taste buds to hunger for your presence my eyes to see your coming my ears to

hear your whisper and my lips to savor your blessings which are showered upon me each day, even this one. reading from Psalm 95, come, let us sing for joy to the Lord, let us shout aloud to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

For the Lord is the great God. music and song.

For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.

In his hands are the depths of the earth and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands

formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship, that us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our

God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. As my day comes to a close, I choose to reflect on the journey that I walked today.

I come before the Lord now with gratitude.

I proclaim his faithfulness to me with joy.

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