Chrissie's Lent Blanket Week 6

WEEK 6

Lent Day 29: The Lamb

 Monday 14^th  March, 2016

John 1:29-34 (ESV)

Colour white representing Jesus the Lamb that God provided to take away all sins.

Lent Day 30: The Fast

Tuesday 15^th March, 2016

Matthew 4:1-11 (ESV)

Colour light brown representing the stones that Jesus was tempted to turn into bread.

Lent Day 31: The Leper

Wednesday 16^th March, 2016

Mark 1:40-45 (ESV)

Colour off-white to represent the skin lesions caused by leprosy.

Lent Day 32: The Adulteress

Thursday 17^th March, 2016

John 8:1-11 (ESV)

Colour pink representing the joy of forgiveness.

Lent Day 33: The Call

Friday 18^th March, 2016

Luke 9:18-27 (ESV)

Colour black representing the words of Jesus to “Take up your cross and follow Me" Jesus was giving us a word picture of the concept of "death to self". The cross was an instrument of death. What Jesus is referring to is commitment to Him, even unto death—obedience to the extreme measure and willingness to die in pursuit of obedience.

Lent Day 34: The Prediction

Saturday 19^th March, 2016

John 12:20-33 (ESV)

Colour red representing the suffering Jesus knew he would face but He chooses the cross.  He went open-eyed into his suffering so he could be "lifted up from the earth," able to "draw all people to himself" and be present to us all.

Sunday 20^th  March 2016

Sunday representing the sun. Yellow is the brightest colour of all colours. It is bright to engage and draw us to it.

                                                   Progress Week 6