How can you truly get the most out of Lent—without burnout, guilt, or unrealistic expectations?

In this episode of The Bible Made Real Podcast, Kathy Abraham offers a deeply practical and spiritually rich guide to walking through Lent in a way that actually transforms your heart, habits, and inner life.

Lent is not just about giving things up.
It’s about getting free.

Together, we explore:

• Simple, sustainable Lenten practices for real life
• The deeper biblical meaning of fasting and repentance
• How the Epistle to the Hebrews reveals Lent as a journey of drawing near to God
• Christ’s victory in the wilderness—and how Lent becomes participation in His strength
• A week-by-week walkthrough of the Eight Sundays of Lent, forming the soul step-by-step toward resurrection

Whether you feel motivated, overwhelmed, distracted, or unsure where to begin, this episode will help you enter Lent with clarity, peace, and purpose—so that Easter becomes not just a celebration, but the beginning of new life.

• Why Lent is a sacred “tithe of the year” that creates space to receive God’s love
• How a digital fast can restore attention, silence, and prayer
• The importance of keeping a Lenten rule doable, honest, and consistent
• The three pillars of Lent: Reflection, Repentance, and Reconciliation
• How fasting joins us to Christ’s victory in the wilderness
• The spiritual roadmap of the Eight Sundays of Lent, from preparation to resurrection
• Practical ways to pray, give, forgive, and grow during the season

1. Preparation Sunday — Reordering loves and seeking hidden life with God
2. Temptation Sunday — Fighting with truth, not willpower
3. Prodigal Son Sunday — Repentance as a joyful return home
4. Samaritan Woman Sunday — Discovering the living water that truly satisfies
5. Paralytic Sunday — Healing, persistence, and rising from stuck places
6. Blind Man Sunday — Receiving spiritual sight and illumination
7. Palm Sunday — Welcoming Christ as King through humility
8. Resurrection Sunday — Entering joy, victory, and new creation

• St. Mary of Egypt — A witness of radical repentance and transformation
• The Ladder of Divine Ascent – St. John Climacus
• Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives – Elder Thaddeus
• The Gift of Faith – Tadeusz Dajczer

• Establish a consistent daily prayer time and place
• Add a small, sustainable spiritual practice
• Practice almsgiving through generosity, forgiveness, service, and love
• Keep Lent focused not on performance—but on returning to God

• Drawing near to God with endurance and sincerity (Hebrews)
• Christ’s faithfulness in the wilderness versus Adam’s failure in Eden
• Repentance, healing, illumination, humility, and resurrection life

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