Spend more time with Jesus this Lent. Join the 1% Challenge and kick start a habit of prayer.
Commit to spending 1% of your day- 15 minutes- in conversation with God through scripture.
15 minutes each day spent in God’s presence – reading, reflecting, responding and resting with his Word – adds up to 90 hours in one year.
That is time well spent, and a testimony to how a little at a time turns into something remarkable!
Decide on your daily when and where. Add it to your calendar.
Open your bible to the scripture for the day.
Follow the steps of lectio divina to spark a conversation with Jesus through the scripture.
Trust in these four basic components of the time-tested, saint-recommended, ever-ancient, ever-new way of prayerfully reading Scripture: lectio divina.
PREPARE
Begin with the sign of the cross.
Take a moment to be quiet and still.
Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you in this prayer time.
Read
Read a Scripture selection slowly and attentively.
Note any word, phrase, or image that catches your attention.
Consider reading more than once, and/or out loud.
Reflect
Think about the meaning of whatever caught your attention.
Possibly imagine yourself in the scene.
What is the Lord saying to you through this text?
Are there any: promises to claim, commands to obey, examples to follow, errors to avoid, praises to sing…
Respond
Talk to God about the passage or anything else on your heart.
Thank him for blessings received; Ask him for what you and others need.
Note any changes or actions you are drawn to live out.