The Fourth Day of Lent

 Saturday, February 20, 2021

Hallelujah!  He is risen!
A Lenten Devotional Guide

By Jack Eldridge

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?... We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the sinful body might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. For he who has died is freed from sin. But if we have died with Christ we believe that we shall also live with him. For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died he died to sin, once for all but the life he lives he lives to God So you must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 6:1-14

Open my eyes, Lord, that I might see
The power of sin that hangs over me.
Jesus, my Savior, please show me the way,
To follow and serve you every day. 

Held tight in Your arms, Lord, I belong.
Your Strength and Power will make me strong.
To fight the battle against Satan's power,
I need you with me every hour. 

I want to be my own person, Lord, do it "my way."
Please show me "Your Way," Lord, I pray.
I need your Spirit as my guide,
Please keep Him ever by my side. 

Open my eyes, Lord, that I may see,
How I was meant to follow Thee.
Give me Your Love, so I might feel,
Its Strength so bold, its Power so real. 

Lord, sin is a very powerful source.
Please don't let it force me from my course
Of following You and accepting Your Love,
That will lead me to You and Heaven above.

Hallelujah! He is Risen!
prepared for First United Methodist Church of Homosassa, Florida
Spring 2011
compiled by Patience Nave, Christian Education Coordinator
reproduced and edited by Patience Fort