Hope25 Lenten Studies 2025
Hope from God's Promises
Day 1: Ash Wednesday 5 March
Bible Reading: Genesis 3.1-15
Reflection: When have you been conscious of your failings, and the Lord's faithful love?
Day 2: Thursday 6 March
Bible Reading: Genesis 12:1-9
Reflection: Are there ways in your own life where you have seen God's plan unfold slowly rather than in an instant?
Day 3: Friday 7 March
Bible Reading: Genesis 15
Reflection: How does this passage inspire hope for you?
Day 4: Saturday 8 March
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 11.1-12
Reflection: How can looking backward and forward strengthen your faith?
Day 5: Sunday 9 March
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 28.1-14
Reflection: How is hearing and obeying God's word a source of hope for your church community?
Day 6: Monday 10 March
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 4:5-8
Reflection: In what ways can we use our daily lives to commend God to unbelievers?
Day 7: Tuesday 11 March
Bible Reading:o 2 Samuel 7.1-6
Reflection: Are there situations where we need to sit and listen, and accept that we might not be the person called to do this thing we have set our heart upon? Might we be missing a deeper gift God wishes to give us?
Day 8: Wednesday 12 March
Bible Reading: Ezekiel 34:20-31
Reflection: Without in any way diminishing the plight of refugees, or the dispossession of First Peoples, it may help to think of our context in terms of 'excel': a lack of social cohesiveness; estrangement from the earth itself. What shape might 'good news' take in the face of such 'bad news'? How can we nurture the seeds of hope?
Day 9: Thursday 13 March
Bible Reading: Ezekiel 47:1-12
The river of life is a symbol of God's faithfulness. Is this symbol of reassurance and hope still important in our modern times?
Day 10: Friday 14 March
Bible Reading: John 8:31.38
Reflection: What is 'true discipleship'?
Day 11: Saturday 15 March
Bible Reading: Matthew 8:5-13
Reflection: How might you be an example of hope in Jesus to those around you?
Bible Reading: Genesis 3.1-15
Reflection: When have you been conscious of your failings, and the Lord's faithful love?
Day 2: Thursday 6 March
Bible Reading: Genesis 12:1-9
Reflection: Are there ways in your own life where you have seen God's plan unfold slowly rather than in an instant?
Day 3: Friday 7 March
Bible Reading: Genesis 15
Reflection: How does this passage inspire hope for you?
Day 4: Saturday 8 March
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 11.1-12
Reflection: How can looking backward and forward strengthen your faith?
Day 5: Sunday 9 March
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 28.1-14
Reflection: How is hearing and obeying God's word a source of hope for your church community?
Day 6: Monday 10 March
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 4:5-8
Reflection: In what ways can we use our daily lives to commend God to unbelievers?
Day 7: Tuesday 11 March
Bible Reading:o 2 Samuel 7.1-6
Reflection: Are there situations where we need to sit and listen, and accept that we might not be the person called to do this thing we have set our heart upon? Might we be missing a deeper gift God wishes to give us?
Day 8: Wednesday 12 March
Bible Reading: Ezekiel 34:20-31
Reflection: Without in any way diminishing the plight of refugees, or the dispossession of First Peoples, it may help to think of our context in terms of 'excel': a lack of social cohesiveness; estrangement from the earth itself. What shape might 'good news' take in the face of such 'bad news'? How can we nurture the seeds of hope?
Day 9: Thursday 13 March
Bible Reading: Ezekiel 47:1-12
The river of life is a symbol of God's faithfulness. Is this symbol of reassurance and hope still important in our modern times?
Day 10: Friday 14 March
Bible Reading: John 8:31.38
Reflection: What is 'true discipleship'?
Day 11: Saturday 15 March
Bible Reading: Matthew 8:5-13
Reflection: How might you be an example of hope in Jesus to those around you?