What to give up for Lent?

What to give up for Lent?

"Lent isn’t ultimately about giving things up. Its purpose is not self-improvement in the conventional sense. Instead Lent is a season of preparation. We are preparing to celebrate Easter and the Church is always prepared in the same way: by repentance.

True repentance is not simply feeling sorry, and it certainly isn’t an emotional frenzy of despair. Nor is it merely an outward discipline for the world to see. True repentance means turning away from sin in sorrow and also turning toward God in joy. That is to say, that true repentance is faith. It expects forgiveness. It trusts in Christ to give it."

LCMS: "What to give up for Lent?"
https://blogs.lcms.org/2018/what-to-give-up-for-lent?utm_content=bufferc0e58&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer






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