Go From Your Country

Learning to Live Inside Out

Second Sunday in Lent, Year A

This is the week that the “moving out” part of our theme is most obvious. Whether we are talking about the call to go to a new place, like Abram in Genesis 12, or to move to a new understanding, like Nicodemus in John 3, movement is required. Movement means change, which is always difficult and scary. So this is a week about faith and about trust and the willingness to commit to the discipleship path.

The season of Lent is a time to journey inward and to focus on self-examination. Often, this is done through the practice of the disciplines of Lent – prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. However, this series helps us move in two directions – looking inward and moving outward. We are learning to live inside out.

Following are some hymns, songs, and anthems suited for this series and the biblical texts selected.

Abbreviations:

  • TFWS: The Faith We Sing
  • UMH: The United Methodist Hymnal
  • W&S: Worship and Song

Hymns or Service Music for the series:

  • Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah UMH 127
  • Take Time to Be Holy UMH 395
  • Come and Find the Quiet Center TFWS 2128
  • Change My Heart, O God TFWS 2152
  • Open My Eyes UMH 454
  • Holy Ground TFWS 2272

Second Sunday in Lent, Year A

  • The God of Abraham Praise UMH 116
  • Let All Things Now Living TFWS 2008
  • O God, Our Help in Ages Past UMH 117
  • If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee UMH 142
  • Blessed Assurance UMH 369
  • Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth TFWS 2050
  • Gather Us In TFWS 2236
  • Lord, I Lift Your Name on High TFWS 2088
  • You Are My All in All W&S 3040

In This Series...


Ash Wednesday, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes First Sunday in Lent, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes Second Sunday in Lent, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes Third Sunday in Lent, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes

Colors


  • Purple

In This Series...


Ash Wednesday, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes First Sunday in Lent, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes Second Sunday in Lent, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes Third Sunday in Lent, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes Fifth Sunday in Lent, Year A - Lectionary Planning Notes