Lenten Devotional for Thursday, March 28

Dr. Jim Denison's 2013 collection of Lenten devotionals is entitled, "If My People..." and comes at a time that he believes "a Fifth Great Awakening is sweeping the nations, as more people are coming to Christ than ever before in Christian history. How can you join this great movement of God's Spirit?" He goes on to write, "in this year's Lenten devotional guide, we will walk each day with King Solomon as he leads his nation into God's presence and glory. We will commit ourselves to our Father's purpose and experience his transforming power. And we will claim his promise: 'If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land' (2 Chronicles 7:14). 'If My People ...' is more than a Lenten guide - it is God's invitation to intimacy with him. Please join us on this joyous journey."

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Thursday, March 28
Maundy Thursday: Wopuld you be a catalyst for awakening?

"Maundy Thursday" comes from the word for "mandated." On this night during Holy Week, Jesus did a very strange thing. After the Last Supper, he took off his outer robe and wrapped a slave's towel around himself. He then crawled on his knees to the first disciple. He took the man's dirty, smelly, mud-caked feet in his hands. He poured water over them and dried them with the towel wrapped around his waist. He then crawled to the next, and the next, and the next. He washed the feet of Peter, who would deny him, and Judas, who would betray him, and the other disciples who would abandon him.

Now comes the "mandated" part of Maundy Thursday. Jesus told them, "I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another" (John 13:14, 35).

If God is moving in your life, will you share what you are experiencing with those you infl uence? By addition, if I were to help one person encounter spiritual awakening every day until I retire at age 65, more than 4,000 people would be empowered by God's Spirit. However, if I could lead one person to make God his or her King today, then tomorrow each of us helped one person to be a Kingdom Christian, then the next day each of us helped one more, how long would it take for awakening to circle the globe? Thirty-three days. Growing by multiplication, more than eight billion people would join the movement of God's Spirit.

Whose feet will you wash today?

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Prior to founding the Denison Forum on Truth and Culture, James C. Denison, Ph.D., was pastor of Park Cities Baptist Church, a 10,000-member congregation in Dallas, Texas. He also pastored churches in Midland and Mansfield, Texas, and in Atlanta, Georgia. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion and Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Dallas Baptist University. He is also the the author of seven books.