How Lent Works
Exodus 40: I am the Lord, Your Healer
Lent draws us to the wounds of Christ to heal us in the desert. To be free men, we must be made whole. After coming out of Egypt, the Hebrews needed healing from the Lord. They fell into bitterness and murmuring against God, and even returned to the idolatry of their former lives. Throughout Lent, we will follow the journey of the Israelites from Mt. Sinai to the Promised Land, as we take up the disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
Find healing in Christ through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
What you’ll do during Lent:
- Read & meditate on the Israelites’ wanderings through the desert
- Make a Holy Hour each day, including 20 minutes of silence with God
- Offer up each Wednesday and Friday of Lent as days of fasting and abstinence from meat
- Practice Lenten almsgiving by giving from your neediness, not your abundance
- Abstain from any unnecessary purchases
- Give up all unnecessary screen time, alcohol, desserts, sweets, sweet drinks, and snacking between meals
- Offer up a cold shower each day as an act of asceticism
- Honor your body as a temple of the Holy Spirit through regular exercises, three times per week, and getting a full night’s sleep (8+ hours) each night
- Meet with a fraternity of men, making the journey alongside you, and check-in with one of them each day to build lasting bonds of Christian fraternity
- Celebrate the Sundays of Solemnities of Lent with joyful anticipation of Christ’s Resurrection on Easter Sunday
The 40 days of Lent are a time for repentance, renewal, and healing. After leading the Israelites through the waters of the Red Sea, God reveals to them a new and powerful title: “I am the Lord, Your Healer.” The truth is that we’re all wounded. Broken even. We’re wounded by pain, trauma, loss, betrayal, sin. And we stand in need of the healing promises of a God who is our healer. Take up the Exodus 40 Challenge starting Ash Wednesday, 2/18/26, and discover freedom and healing in Jesus Christ.
