The Fast We Choose

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

Ash Wednesday, Year A

• Sunday’s Palms Are Wednesday’s Ashes TFWS 2138
• Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days UMH 269
• Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service UMH 581
• Fix Me, Jesus UMH 655
• Give Me a Clean Heart TFWS 2133
• Open My Eyes UMH 454