Five Minutes with God
A 2026 Lenten Devotional
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Introduction
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Welcome to the Journey
Welcome to this Lenten journey of returning - returning to God, to clarity, to purpose, and to the practices that shape us for faithful living.
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How to Read Scripture During Lent
Introduce your lesson with an optional, short summary. You can edit this excerpt in lesson settings.
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Weekly Opening & Closing Prayers
Use these prayers to begin and end your daily devotional time throughout Lent.
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Week One: Repentance
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Dust and Beloved
Lent begins by reminding us of our humanity: God formed us from dust and breathed life into us. We are fragile, yet deeply beloved.
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Daily Scripture Readings - Repentance
Use these passages throughout the week to deepen your reflection on repentance - the sacred turning back toward God.
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Week Two: Almsgiving
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Love Made Visible
Almsgiving is more than giving money. It is the practice of **seeing** others with compassion and responding with love. Isaiah reminds us that God's heart is turned toward those who are burdened, hungry, overlooked, or weighed down by systems that harm them. -
Daily Scripture Readings: Almsgiving
Use these passages throughout the week to deepen your reflection on almsgiving - love made visible through generosity and compassion.
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Week Three: Prayer
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Returning to God with the Heart
Jesus teaches that prayer is not about being seen by others, nor about finding the perfect words. Prayer is the quiet turning of the heart toward God - the God who already knows, already sees, already understands.
Lent invites us to return to prayer not as a task, but as a relationship. Not as a duty, but as a place of rest.
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Daily Scripture Readings: Prayer
Use these passages throughout the week to deepen your understanding of prayer as presence with God.
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