40 Days of Lent

(February 8th to March 22)

Fasting is doing without for the purpose of clearing the way for insight into your walk with God. Here are seven ways that you can do without as an act of thanksgiving for what God has done for you. As you take this action, by yourself or with others, ask God to give you greater understanding of the riches that are yours in Christ.

“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the rihes of his glorious inheritance in the saits, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. - Ephesians 1:17-19

What you set aside, from one or all of these activities, can compound to become a great blessing for someone else. After 40 days, send what you have collected to Oakseed Ministries. These funds will be sent to Peru to our ministry partner MISIUR to build homes for the poorest of the poor who have lost everything in the recent earthquake.

Projects

Fast Food Friend

Whenever you eat at a fast food restaurant, double the amount, and give the second meal price to the ministry. If your meal costs $6.95, then you donate $6.95 to the ministry.

Spare Change Friend

At the end of the day, take the spare coins in your pocket and put them in a jar. After 40 days send the amount in the jar to Oakseed.

House Coffee Friend

For the 40 days of Lent, whenever you want to order a specialty coffee, order a house coffee and donate the difference.

Movie Friend

Instead of going to the theatre, go rent a movie. Then donate the difference of going to a movie for two: If the movie theatre costs $15, and a movie rental costs $3. You send $12 to the ministry.

Family Dinner Friend

Instead of eating out in a restaurant, your family buys the goods at the grocery store and cooks it together at home. The difference from eating out and cooking is then given to the ministry. Example: Eating out costs $60. Buying groceries and eating in costs $20. Give $40 to the ministry.

No News is Good News Friend

Choose not to buy the morning newspaper for 40 days. Instead get your news from the radio, television or internet. The money you save, give to the ministry.

Give up 5 minutes a day for 40 days

Take your monthly pay check and divide it by 20 (days) and divide that by 96 (96 - 5 minute segments to an 8 hour work day). Take that amount and multiply it by 40 (days). It is only five minutes a day you are setting aside for another.