Lent: Things To Give Up
Feb 25th, 2009 by Hope Luckie
Here are some things to prayerfully consider giving up during this holy season. Perhaps you will choose one to practice for the entirety of Lent. Maybe you will try one new thing each day. Whatever you choose, do so intentionally and prayerfully.
May God bless you with passion and compassion in this and every season of faith.
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Things to give up during Lent …
+ Taking those you love for granted
+ Promising more than you can deliver
+ Losing your temper
+ Trying to please everyone
+ Trying to get everything perfect
+ Doing the right things for the wrong reasons
+ Justifying your anger
+ Thinking about money
+ Blaming others
+ Nagging
+ Blocking out what you don’t want to hear
+ Listening only to yourself
+ Wanting to be in control
+ Having to be right
+ Patronizing people
+ Complaining
+ Carrying grudges
+ Denying your limitations
+ Making snap judgments
+ Denying your obsessions
+ Feeling sorry for yourself
+ Thinking of greener pastures
+ Telling God what to do
+ Pretending
+ Denying your gifts
+ Doubting you can change
+ Never saying you are sorry
+ Blaming yourself
+ Believing only in the possible
+ Doubting your goodness
+ Looking for easy answers
+ Lying to God
+ Looking the other way
+ Expecting others to solve your problems
+ Doing what everyone else does
+ Carrying a chip on your shoulder
+ Being bored
+ Cursing the darkness
+ Denying that you are loved