PoC-24 3rd Friday of Lent: The Power of the Cross Lenten Meditation
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🗓️ 13 March 2026
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Summary
The Cross of Christ Transforms. . .Our Priorities
Steps to Take as You Follow Christ
Ask—How does the cross fit into my stance toward God?
Seek—Acknowledge God’s priority in your life, over your heart (all of your emotions), over your understanding (all of your thoughts), and over all of your strength (all of your actions).
Knock—Meditate on 1 John 4:10–12.
In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
How does John define “love”? What does the death of Jesus on the cross teach us about God’s love? How do we find God’s love in all the human suffer- ing that we witness? How can we concretely love one another?
Transform Your Life—Will yourself to love God and everyone else with whom you come into contact today and every day. Think about what it means to truly love other people. Seek to be a sacrificial lover first when it comes to the way you love other people and God.
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| 0:00.0 | The Power of the Cross |
| 0:03.3 | Friday of the third week of Lent |
| 0:06.3 | The Cross of Christ transforms our priorities. |
| 0:13.6 | Ask, how does the cross fit into my stance toward God? |
| 0:20.1 | Seek. |
| 0:21.3 | Acknowledge God's priority in your life. |
| 0:24.2 | Over your heart, all of your emotions, |
| 0:27.9 | over your understanding, |
| 0:29.9 | all of your thoughts, |
| 0:31.8 | and over all your strength, |
| 0:35.1 | all of your actions. |
| 0:39.3 | Knock. |
| 0:40.8 | Meditate on 1 John, Chapter 4, 10 through 12. |
| 0:47.5 | This is the love, I mean. |
| 0:49.9 | Not our love for God, but God's love for us when he sent his son to be the sacrifice |
| 0:57.0 | that takes our sins away. |
| 1:00.0 | My dear people, since God has loved us so much, we too should love one another. |
| 1:09.0 | No one has ever seen God. But as long as we love one another, God will live in us, |
| 1:17.3 | and his love will be complete in us. How does John define love? |
| 1:33.8 | What does the death of Jesus on the cross teach us about God's love? |
| 1:42.1 | How do we find God's love in all the human suffering that we witness? How can we concretely love one another? Transform your life. Will yourself |
| 1:55.3 | to love God and everyone else with whom you come into contact today and every day. |
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