Five Minutes with God

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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Use these prayers to begin and end your daily devotional time throughout Lent.

Lent begins by reminding us of our humanity: God formed us from dust and breathed life into us. We are fragile, yet deeply beloved.

Use these passages throughout the week to deepen your reflection on repentance - the sacred turning back toward God.

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.

Use these passages throughout the week to deepen your reflection on almsgiving - love made visible through generosity and compassion.

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.

Use these passages throughout the week to deepen your understanding of prayer as presence with God.