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Did you know the Easter season is the Christian’s biggest celebration of the year? The day Jesus, the Lamb of God, rose from the grave is the day the changed the entire history and future of the world. The resurrection of Jesus is the event our faith hinges upon!
As Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:14, 17 in an argument about the resurrection of Jesus, “if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile, and you are still in your sins.”
But, by God’s grace, He is risen! You are saved from death and share in Jesus’ resurrection life!
So, if Easter is so central to our faith, how do we celebrate it? And how does Lent fit in?
That’s what the Healthy and Whole Guide to Lent & Easter is all about. Learn about Lent and Easter and their traditions, read devotionals, and find other resources to help you deepen your faith through these seasons!
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Lent
When is it?
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts 40 days until Easter. The Lenten season culminates in the Holy Triduum or Holy Week, which includes Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.
What is the purpose of Lent?
Just as Advent is a season of preparation for Christmas, Lent is a season of preparation for Easter. Since Easter is the pinnacle of the Christian year, the season of Lent is a season where we can deepen our spiritual practices as we meditate on Christ’s sacrifice and the forgiveness of our sins. This is a season marked by repentance and reflection.
During the three days of Holy Week, we are invited to journey with Jesus to the cross, through His crucifixion, and through the Saturday the disciples thought all was lost.
What do we do during Lent?
Depending on your church background, there are many different practices, symbols, and traditions for Lent. Traditionally, fasting, almsgiving, and prayer are the three spiritual disciplines focused on during the season of Lent.
These spiritual practices, symbols, and traditions are meant to cultivate your hunger for God in your heart, mind, soul, and body.
Here are some Lenten traditions and practices in addition to our Lent and Holy Week Devotionals:
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A Note on Fasting:
Want to get hungry for God? Listen to an interview with Jon Tyson to learn how fasting can cultivate a hunger for God.
What Lenten Fasting Is and Isn't
Lent Devotionals
Imagining the Gospels: Lent Devotionals
Journey through the Gospels to experience Jesus’ ministry all the way to the cross. Immerse yourself in Scripture and prayer, meditating on your Savior Jesus and the upside-down kingdom He reveals to you on every inspired page.
Journey with Jesus: A Lenten Devotional on God's Love
While we can witness the power of God’s love for His people throughout the Scriptures, the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus in the Gospels paints a beautiful and compelling picture of God’s love like none other.
So, let us spend this Lenten season on a journey with Jesus to meditate on and savor the depth of God’s love. Let us use this time clear the clutter, silence the noise, and recognize that the urgent is not always the most important. The most important thing is our relationship with Christ.
Draw Near: A Holy Week Devotional
In these last days before the Easter season officially begins, we draw ever nearer to the cross. Journey with us using daily devotionals we have prepared for you for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday!
These devotionals can be used for your private devotions, during a cool down or stretching session, with your family, and more! We invite you to share your reflections in the blog comments.
Our Kind King: A Holy Week Devotional
This is a devotional for you and your family to use during the Holy Triduum or three Holy Days, which include Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. We will walk with Jesus in His last days and see Him as our Kind King.
We will read Scripture, reflect on Jesus’ kindness, reflect on our own hearts, and receive suggestions for putting our minds and bodies in a place where we can actively walk with Jesus to the cross.
Enter into the Wonder of the Resurrection: Holy Week Meditations
In this devotional, you will find readings and worship prompts for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Resurrection Sunday.
Every day will start with some information about that particular day of Holy week, followed by a Scripture reading for you to engage with, a worship statement, and a hymn that speaks to that day of Holy Week.
Additional Reading for Lent
Read the following Revelation Wellness articles to meditate on the themes of suffering, repentance, hope, and humility during the season of Lent:
– “When the Supplement of Humility Gets Stuck in Your Throat” by Alisa Keeton
– “Confessing is Better Than Sin Management” by Wes Scheu
– “What Does God Do with Our Suffering?” by Julia McGathy
– “Even Now, Joy is My Inheritance” by Reina Floyd
Lent Resources
RevWell TV: Michele’s Rev on the Mat “Repentance”
RevWell TV: Alisa’s Restorative Stretch “Return to the Lord”
BSBL Podcast: #697 Be Still & Be Loved: Forgiveness Meditation (Luke 6:37) – Alisa Keeton
Resource: Forgiveness Training
Free Challenge: 7 Days to Phone Freedom
Walking the Words of Jesus Walking Prayer Program is the perfect program to use during the season of Lent for prayer and meditation on God’s word.
For 21 days, you’ll walk and pray through scripture with an audio recording as your guide. Each daily walk is only 20 minutes long! Get ready for a renewed passion for loving God and seeking His heart in prayer!
Easter
When is it?
Easter, or Eastertide, extends fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost.
What is the purpose of Easter?
During the FIFTY-DAY season of Easter, we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the grave! We celebrate the resurrection, the foundation of our faith, for many reasons:
– We celebrate that we are saved from our sins. “Even when we were dead because of our sins, He made us alive by what Christ did for us. You have been saved from the punishment of sin by His loving-favor.” (Ephesians 2:5)
– We celebrate that in Christ, we receive abundant life both now and in the age to come! “These [the Gospels] are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:31)
– We celebrate that those who believe in Him will also receive resurrected bodies (Philippians 3:20-21, 1 Corinthians 15:12-28) when He returns to bring both justice and restoration for the world (Revelation 21).
– We celebrate that we can know God’s love for us and that He kept His promise to rescue us from death (John 3:16).
– We celebrate the New Creation life we get to live in Christ! (2 Corinthians 5:17).
What do we do during Easter?
Easter traditions can vary according to your country’s unique culture, your church, your family, and even your personality!
No matter where you are or who you are, you are invited to embody the Good News of Christ and His now/not yet Kingdom during the Easter season (and every day)!
Here are some ideas to celebrate Easter and embody the Good News:
Easter Devotionals
Celebrate the Easter season with us with these Revelation Wellness style devotionals for faith that moves!
You are invited to join us for our new active devotional — Jesus Revealed. This is the perfect devotional for the Easter Season!
You’ll get to know Jesus in a new way as we examine Biblical teachings of the “I Am” statements of Jesus while you move your body and hear God’s Truth.
Easter Resources
Here are a few Revelation Wellness Easter resources for you to use this season!
Podcast: #680 REVING the Word: “Jesus The Resurrection & The Life” (John 11:17-27) – Alisa Keeton (ENDURANCE)
Podcast: #589 REVING The Word: “Resurrection Power” (1 Corinthians 15) – Alisa Keeton (INTERVALS)
Podcast: #253 You Are A New Creation – Revelation Wellness
RevWell TV: Alisa’s RevX Drop 10 Add 1 “Reason for Resurrection”
RevWell TV: Torie’s RevX Cardio Strength AMRAP “New Creation”
