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From Dust To Glory - The Lent Days Sermon
Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Feb 23, 2026 (message contributor)
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1. Dust To Dust
Contributed on Feb 23, 2026
Lent begins with an honest look at who you are. You are dust. God knows it. And He still says, "Even now, return." That is exactly where this sermon starts.
Dust to Dust Joel 2:12-14 Morning Lent Prayer, Day 1 INTRODUCTION There is something striking about beginning a season of prayer with dirt. Not metaphorical dirt. Real, physical, elemental dust. The kind the priest traces across your forehead on Ash Wednesday and says, "Remember that you are ...read more
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2. The Wilderness Call (Matthew 4:1)
Contributed on Feb 23, 2026
The wilderness is not where God goes to abandon you. It is where He goes to reach you alone. This Lenten season is a divine appointment. Follow the Spirit in.
The Wilderness Call (Matthew 4:1) A Lent Morning Sermon, Day 2 Introduction Most of us spend our lives running from empty places. We fill every quiet moment with noise, every pause with a scroll, every silence with a podcast. We treat emptiness as a problem to solve. But what if God sees it ...read more
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3. A Clean Heart (Psalm 51:1-12)
Contributed on Feb 23, 2026
Sin does not disappear when ignored. This sermon walks you through Psalm 51, facing what you have buried, asking God for deep cleansing, and recovering the joy you have lost.
A Clean Heart Psalm 51:1-12 Morning Lent Prayer, Day 3 Introduction Lent is a season of honest reckoning. It strips away the comfortable distance we keep between ourselves and God and asks us to stand before Him as we truly are, not as we wish to appear. On this third day of our Lenten journey, we ...read more
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4. The Secret Place (Matthew 6:1-6)
Contributed on Feb 23, 2026
God is not impressed by your performance. He is drawn to your privacy. This Lenten season, He is calling you away from the crowd and into the secret place where only He sees.
THE SECRET PLACE Morning Lent Prayer, Day 4 INTRODUCTION There is a place God keeps calling you toward. Not a stage. Not a platform. A room with a closed door, where no audience exists except the Father. Jesus did not say, "If you pray." He said, "When you pray." Prayer is ...read more
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5. The True Fast (Isaiah 58:6-9)
Contributed on Feb 23, 2026
Fasting is more than going without food. God calls us to a fast that breaks chains, feeds the hungry, and turns devotion into visible action for others around you.
The True Fast (Isaiah 58:6-9) Morning Lent Prayer, Day 5 Introduction There is a moment in every spiritual season when God shifts the conversation. We enter Lent with familiar disciplines, fasting from food, simplifying our schedules, spending more time in prayer, and we assume these acts alone ...read more
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6. Choosing The Good Portion (Luke 10:38-42)
Contributed on Feb 23, 2026
This sermon calls you away from the noise of busyness and back to the one thing that matters most: choosing the presence of God above everything else you carry daily.
Choosing the Good Portion MORNING LENT PRAYER DAY 6 INTRODUCTION Church, I want you to take a breath this morning. Just breathe. Before you check your phone, before you run through your to-do list, before the noise of the day crowds in, I want you to stop and breathe. Because the Word of God today ...read more
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7. The Weight Of Grace (Ephesians 2:4-8)
Contributed on Feb 23, 2026
Sin has put us in spiritual death. But God, in His great love, has made us alive with Christ. Grace is not a light word; it is a burden that carries the weight of all the sins of the world. Let us feel that burden today.
The Weight of Grace Morning Lent Prayer, Day 7 Introduction There is a moment in every honest person's Lent when the weight becomes real. Not the weight of the fast or the early morning prayer, but the weight of what you are actually fasting from, and why. You begin to sense that something ...read more
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8. Taking Up The Cross (Luke 9:23-25)
Contributed on Feb 24, 2026
Lent is not about subtraction. It is about surrender. This sermon calls you to stop managing your life and start following Christ by taking up the cross daily.
TAKING UP THE CROSS Luke 9:23-25 Day 8 Week 2: Stripping Away (Self-Denial and Surrender) MORNING LENT PRAYER WORSHIP SERVICE Theme: Stripping Away — Self-Denial and Surrender THE INTRODUCTION: THE CALL TO WORSHIP Good morning, church! Good morning, good morning, GOOD MORNING! (Clap your hands ...read more
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9. Treasure In Heaven (Matthew 6:19-21)
Contributed on Feb 24, 2026
What do you value most? This sermon calls you to audit your life, face the decay of earthly things, loosen your grip, and invest in what lasts forever.
Treasure in Heaven Morning Lent Prayer Worship | Week 2: Stripping Away | Day 9 Matthew 6:19-21 (NIV) INTRODUCTION I want you to do something with me this morning. I want you to close your eyes for just a moment and think about the one thing in your life that, if you lost it today, would shake you ...read more
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10. The Pruning Process (John 15:1-5)
Contributed on Feb 26, 2026
Lent strips away the flesh. God is the Master Gardener, and every cut He makes this season has a purpose: to prepare you to bear more fruit for His Kingdom.
The Pruning Process A Morning Lenten Worship Sermon | Week 2: Stripping Away | Day 10 Primary Scripture: John 15:1-2 (KJV) | Complementary Scripture: Hebrews 12:11 (KJV) INTRODUCTION Good morning, Church! Good MORNING! Give God a hand clap of praise right where you are! Amen! Now, let me tell you ...read more
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11. Letting Go Of Worry (Matthew 6:25-34)
Contributed on Mar 3, 2026
God is not punishing you in this season. He is preparing you for something much bigger. This sermon on The Pruning Process shows you why the cutting is a blessing.
THE PRUNING PROCESS Lent Week 2: Stripping Away (Self-Denial and Surrender) | Day 11 INTRODUCTION: THE GARDENER'S SHARP BLADE John 15:1-2 (KJV) "I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth ...read more
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12. A Living Sacrifice (Romans 12:1-2)
Contributed on Mar 3, 2026
The altar awaits. God calls us to become living sacrifices, daily dying to self while fully alive in Christ.
A Living Sacrifice Romans 12:1-2 "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." -- Romans 12:1, ESV INTRODUCTION We give things up. We fast. We kneel. We confess. ...read more
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13. Emptying Ourselves (Philippians 2:5-8)
Contributed on Mar 3, 2026
This Lenten season is a fight for spiritual freedom. It invites you to strip away self-preservation and make room for the Holy Spirit's transforming fire.
EMPTYING OURSELVES: Making Room for the Fire A Morning Lent Prayer Worship Sermon Week 2: Stripping Away (Self-Denial and Surrender) — Day 13 Philippians 2:5-7 (ESV) — "Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count ...read more
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14. Thirsting For The Source (Psalm 63:1-4)
Contributed on Mar 5, 2026
Thirst does not lie. When David fled into the wilderness, stripped of comfort and power, he found that the dry land was the place where God met him most clearly.
Thirsting for the Source Morning Lent Prayer Worship Week 2: Stripping Away (Self-Denial and Surrender) Day 14 Primary Scripture: "O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water." (Psalm ...read more
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15. The Persistent Prayer (Luke 18:1-8)
Contributed on Mar 5, 2026
Day 15 of your fast. Your body is tired and your spirit feels stretched. The Holy Ghost has a word right now for every weary warrior who refuses to quit.
The Persistent Prayer: Pushing Through the Spiritual Fatigue Morning Lent Prayer Worship Service | Week 3: Deepening the Roots | Day 15 OPENING / INTRODUCTION Good morning, church. I want you to take a breath right now. A deep one. In... and out. Because I know some of you walked in here this ...read more