Are you doing lent this year?

I want to, but I can%26#039;t thing of what to give up!

Are you doing lent this year?cash-advance

Look at your bad habits.

Are you cynical?

Are you sarcastic?

Do you gossip?

Find the one bad habit that hurts your relationship with God the most.

Work on that bad habit during Lent and then when Lent is over keep working on it.

With love in Christ.

Are you doing lent this year?

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think of something that you either eat a lot and is bad for you...or a bad habit...for example i am giving up chocolate and biting my lips...you could also just make a goal to shoot for|||If you cant think of something to give up you may put something new into your routine. Perhaps prayer before bed or volunteering a few hours a week.|||How about giving uo a belief in a NON-SCRIPTURAL, NON-BIBLICAL DOCTRINE?

First, let%26#039;s see what catholics say about lent:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09152a.h...

Ok, we see a lot of talk about the 40 years that the Jews wandered in the desert, the 40 days Jesus was in the wilderness, ect.

But WHERE ARE THE SCFRIPTURAL REFERENCES saying that we should know anything more about these events, then they happened, or practice the same things, (such as not eating meat, giving up things for the time period of Lent), ect?

There is NOTHING in Scripture that even remotely SUGGESTS that we should do ANY of these things!

Just a bunch of %26quot;supposed%26quot; theologians, saying that we DO have to do these.

What I see here, is that catholics are commanded to do these things, simply as %26quot;brownie points%26quot;, in order to get in good with God!

That falls under the catagory of what in Scripture is called WORKS.

What does the Bible say about works?

Ephesians 2:8-9 (New International Version)

8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God�?9not by works, so that no one can boast.

Is giving up anything going to matter to God?

Is NOT eating meat on a specific day, going to matter to God?

Is celebrating a NON-SCRIPTURALy supported time period, going to matter to God?

How does God see any of these things, if they are simply to try to get in good with Him?

Isaiah 64:6 (New International Version)

6 All of us have become like one who is unclean,

and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;

we all shrivel up like a leaf,

and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

All of these works that I have pointed out are as FILTHY RAGS before God.

They are USELESS in the role that God WANTS us to live!

Don%26#039;t you think that it is time to get rid of all the excess baggage, that man, NOT GOD, has %26quot;ordained%26quot;, %26amp; start living ONLY by what the BIBLE teaches|||Think of any bad habit you have and give it up...me, I am giving up swearing and gossipping (I am a teacher and I work with a lot of females who like to talk about eachother). The point of giving something up is to take that time and then spend it with God (in prayer, meditation , serving). I guess instead of necessarily giving something up, you could make sure you do something daily/weekly that brings you in a closer relationship with God. For example, I am also going to make it a goal of mine to get myself in church regularly and spend at least a little time each day reading the daily lenten devotional our church gives us. Hope this helps!|||You don%26#039;t have to give up anything to participate in Lent. You can always make an effort to do something positive for someone each day.

Examples of that would be: pay someone%26#039;s parking meter before it expires, go out of your way to help an elderly or disabled person, be nice to a person who gets on your nerves, etc.

By setting aside your own needs for a moment and concentrating on someone else, you%26#039;re entering into the spirit of self-discipline that is a part of Lent.

Edit:

Ignore the cut-and-paste queens we have here who never miss an opportunity to bash Catholics. They haven%26#039;t got a clue when it comes to why we Catholics believe what we believe.|||Hi. Lots of people have given up on the %26quot;giving up%26quot; thing, as like you, they can%26#039;t think of anything.

One year our priest suggested to ADD something...NOT give up. So.....do something special each day....OR, go to church extra. There are so many things people can add (volunteer work?)

PS - I%26#039;m giving up sweets and it%26#039;s hard because I LOVE my sweets!