Messiah Bible Readings for Lent

This Ash Wednesday, Christina Rees from Norfolk - author of a Lenten book called Feast and Fast, talks about the spiritual discipline of 'fasting'. Lent is a very important time for Christians to reflect on our spiritual life. Fasting is a spiritual discipline that feeds our soul while we starve our body. But before you undergo fasting, we strongly recommend that you consult your doctor.

Reverend Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, the author of The Prayer Experiment series from County Durham, speaks on the spiritual discipline 'prayer'. Lent is a very important time for Christians to reflect on our spiritual life. Of all the spiritual disciplines, prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father.

Reverend Canon Jonathan Ford from Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk speaks about the spiritual discipline of 'bible reading'. Lent is a very important time for Christians to reflect on our spiritual life. So we recommend that you read the Bible every day. It'll change your life - and it always makes a big difference to your day. Check out our Bible In A Year podcast!

Anglican Bishop of Manchester, David Walker speaks on spiritual guidance. Lent is a very important time for Christians to reflect on our spiritual life and getting spiritual guidance is very important. If you need a spiritual mentor, as with all other things in this world, pray or speak to someone at your local church.

That was the Baptist Minister, Paul Revill from Prudhoe in Northumberland talking about the Spiritual Discipline of 'worship'. Lent is a very important time for Christians to reflect on our spiritual life, and worship is very important. John 4:24 reminds us "God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

RT Kendall who now lives in the US speaking about the spiritual discipline of 'speaking in tongues'. He pastored Westminster Chapel for 25 years. Speaking in Tongues is a gift which needs to be nurtured, fostered and used in a disciplined way. And it's something that Paul in Corinthians encourages us to use.

Dr Freddie Pimm from London talks about the spiritual discipline of 'submission'. The best way to practice submission is to simply hold your tongue - to cultivate that gentle and quiet spirit we keep talking about. Free yourself of the burden of having to continually get your own way and be in control.

That was Stefan Reynolds Gillow - author of Living With the Mind of Christ - talking about the spiritual discipline of meditation. The Discipline of Christian Meditation basically means we are to focus, ponder, and reflect upon Christ. Contrary to what a lot of people think - it isn't focusing on our feelings or some breathing techniques to get a deeper sense of ourselves. Nor is it "emptying" ourselves - because we want to "fill" ourselves with the Spirit.