One week until Lent starts! Are you ready for the challenge?

Just one week until Lent starts!

Have you found some friends to pray with each week? Are you up for the challenge of reading the passage and reflection each day? Are you going to fast for a day?

Bookmark the Blog page, like the Facebook page, sign up to receive the blog posts as an email. Set an alert in your phone to look each day. Use the technology to help you meet the Lent Challange. 

And just in case you didn't realise - the 40 days of Lent doesn't include Sunday - so if you miss one, use Sunday to catch up.

If you've got the postcard, tick off each day as you read it. If you haven't got a postcard, print out an A4 version using this link:

Postcard to Print

And don't forget you can comment on each post to share your thoughts or inspirations. 

Have you told your friends about the challenge? They might want to take up the challenge too! Together let's make this a community of men across the world engaging that bit deeper with Jesus this Lent.

Men from Christchurch Clifton - read this post!

Hi Guys from Christchurch - this is the challenge from the Men's Team @ Christchurch.
 
The Rules
1) Get yourself into a team of four - either with current prayer partners or guys who live or work close to where you are. 
2) Register your team of four at men@ccweb.org.uk with team name, team members' names, team photo, and email address(es). Please register by Wednesday 26th February. 
3) Each team to register here points here Men at Christchurch Team Spreadsheet accumulated each week every Wednesday by 5pm (ie for Wednesday to Tuesday).
4) If you are not able to form a team of four, pray about it and see how God guides you. Expect the unexpected! If you need help pairing up with a team then please send your details by Wednesday 26th February at men@ccweb.org.uk providing details of your name, home location and work location. The Men's Team will then try to nominate some teams where needed.

The Challenge

Read the daily bible readings, meet to pray, fast and learn more about the God who loves to help us. 
Each team mate to complete the task to gain team points. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd top scoring teams!
10 points - per daily reading
50 points - per prayer session together [could be physically together/teleconference/skype videoconference/ use your imagination]
100 points - per fasting day
500 points - per book fully read (Pick from the Reading List)
 
Let's take up the Challenge - We will, because Jesus did!

Suggested books to read over Lent

Suggested books you might like to read over Lent.

Why not pick one? You've got time to order it before Lent starts!

1)     ‘Wild at Heart’ by John Eldridge
2)     ‘Diamond Geezers’ by Anthony Delaney
3)     ‘60 second Father’ by Rob Parsons
4)     ‘Just walk across the Room’ by Bill Hybels
5)     ‘Making Life Work: Putting God's Wisdom into Action’ by Bill Hybels
6)     ‘If you want to walk on water, you've got to get out of the boat’ by John Ortberg
7)     ‘The Cost of Discipleship’ by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
8)     ‘God at Work’ by Ken Costa
9)     ‘Celebration of Discipline’ by Richard Foster
10)   ‘Purpose Driven Life’ by Rick Warren
11)  'Surprised by the Power of the Spirit' by Jack Deere
12) 'Surprised by the Voice of God' by Jack Deere
13) 'The Pursuit of God' by A W Tozer

 

If you've got other ideas - write it as a comment below...

4 weeks today until Lent starts!
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