Lent Progressive Fast + Devotional
We are excited to set aside distractions and fix our gaze on Jesus as we prepare our hearts for Easter Sunday.
New to fasting?
This is a great time to try it! Fasting is a spiritual discipline of giving something up to create space and direct our attention to our Lord. It reminds us that our deepest needs are not met by this world. We align ourselves with the truth that God, Himself, is the answer to our greatest and deepest need.
The Invitation to Oakhouse
Lent is a 40 day period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. Join us in a season of fasting for Lent. Choose something to give up for this time (some examples are: media, meat, sugar, alcohol, or coffee).
Recommended Readings
The Spirit of the Disciplines by Dallas Willard
The Deeply Formed Life by Rich Villodas
Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools by Tyler Stanton
DAILY READINGS
You are invited to join us in daily Bible reading as we head to Easter Sunday. These scriptures from Mark & John's gospel accounts walk us through Jesus' life on earth leading up to Palm Sunday. Here is a daily outline you can follow:
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2/18 John 1:1-18
2/19 John 1:19-51
2/20 Mark 1:1-20
2/21 Mark 1:21-45
2/22 Mark 2: 1-17
2/23 Mark 2:18-27
2/24 Mark 3
2/25 John 2
2/26 John 3
2/27 John 4:1-42
2/28 John 4:43-54
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3/1 John 5:1-15
3/2 John 5:16-47
3/3 Mark 4:1-34
3/4 Mark 4:35-41
3/5 Mark 5:1-20
3/6 Mark 5:21-43
3/7 Mark 6:1-29
3/8 Mark 6:30-56
3/9 Mark 7:1-23
3/10 Mark 7:24-37
3/11 John 6:1-40
3/12 John 6:41-71
3/13 Mark 8:1-30
3/14 Mark 8:31-38
3/15 Mark 9:1-29
3/16 Mark 9:30-50
3/17 John 7:1-36
3/18 John 7:37-52
3/19 John 8:1-30
3/20 John 8:31-59
3/21 John 9:1-15
3/22 John 9:16-41
3/23 John 10:1-21
3/24 John 10:22-42
3/25 John 11:1-35
3/26 John 11:36-57
3/27 Mark 10:1-31
3/28 Mark 10:32-52
3/29 John 12:1-11
HOLY WEEK PROGRESSIVE FAST & DAILY DEVOTIONAL
HOLY WEEK
Palm Sunday, March 29th - Easter Sunday, April 5th
“It seems abundantly clear that fasting represents an important ascetical practice, a spiritual arm to do battle against every possible disordered attachment to ourselves. Freely chosen detachment from the pleasure of food and other material goods helps the disciple of Christ to control the appetites of nature, weakened by original sin, whose negative effects impact the entire human person.”
— Pope Benedict XVI, "The Great Joy of Fasting"