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Lent Sermon Series 2024 - Journeying with Jesus

Lent is often a time to have a spiritual MOT – to think about our journey of faith, about how we follow Jesus. This year we are going to be looking at stories of discipleship/ journeying with Jesus from the gospels and reflecting on our own journeys of discipleship.

Ash Wednesday Jesus in the wilderness – Walking in the desert
Matthew 4.1-11, 2 Corinthians 5.16-6.10

18th February – Lent 1 – Called by Jesus
Jesus calls Peter – Luke 4.38 – 5.1
Focusing on Peter’s call as a disciple and the lead up to his call in Jesus’ healing of his mother in law and Peter’s encounter with Jesus fishing. Jesus calls Peter in the midst of his everyday life/ work.

25th February – Lent 2 – Welcomed and known by Jesus
Jesus and the woman at the well – John 4.1-42
This is one of the extended dialogues in John where we see Jesus in conversation with the woman at the well – a Samaritan. We see Jesus stepping over boundaries to speak with her and the way that Jesus knows her completely and welcomes her. This brings transformation not only in her life but in the lives of those she tells about Jesus.

3rd March – Lent 3 – Challenges and failure with Jesus
Simon Peter part 2 – Matthew 14.22-35 and Matthew 26.69-75
These two readings come from Matthew’s gospel. Peter faces challenges in his following of Jesus and in the second passage he denies Jesus three times. Our journeys of discipleship often are up and down. We are not perfect. There are times when we are full of faith and times where we are fearful.

10th March – Lent 4 – Learning from Jesus
Martha and Mary – Luke 10.25-42
In Martha and Mary we see the importance of learning from Jesus – sitting at his feet. In the good Samaritan we see Jesus’ teaching about who our neighbour is but also an example of what practical following Jesus might look like.

17th March – Lent 5 – Walking alongside Jesus
The Road to Emmaus – Luke 24.13-35
Cleopas and his companion/friend/wife (we are not told which) are downcast following Jesus’ death and the risen Jesus comes and walks with them along the road to Emmaus. They do not recognise him until Jesus breaks bread, but Jesus has been with them all the way. Do we know Jesus alongside us in our current discipleship? May the Lord open our eyes to see him.

24th March – Palm Sunday
Jesus comes as King – Luke 19.28-44