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40 Things to Give up for Lent

40 Things to Give up for Lent: The List

Have you ever wondered what to give up for Lent? Join us on this 40 day adventure through the season of Lent. Each day you will make a new discovery of something truly worth giving up. These 40 things are worth giving up not just for Lent, but for the rest of your life. You can give up things you eat and drink such as soda and chocolate. You can give up bad habits such as smoking or staying up late. But in this devotion you will look at giving up things which will transform your life. You will give up things like bitterness, loneliness, envy, and more.

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We find courage in Jesus to overcome our fears

Giving up the Fear of Failure

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Outside your comfort zone is where the magic happens

Giving up your Comfort Zones

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God helps us overcome our feelings of unworthiness

Giving up Your Feelings of Unworthiness

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We discover patience with God, ourselves, and others

Giving up Your Impatience

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Today we are giving up retirement

Giving up Retirement

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There is only one we aim to please

Giving up People Pleasing

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Today we give up comparing ourselves with others

Giving up Comparison

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We are good at playing the victim and blaming others for our circumstances

Giving up Blame

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We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Giving up Guilt

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When we have difficulty saying no to the commitments additional commitments, we have little margin in our lives.

Giving up Overcommitment

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It is wise to seek advice from God and from others

Giving up Lack of Counsel

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God calls us to live holy lives

Giving up Impurity

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God gives us grace which is neither earned or deserved

Giving up Entitlement

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Bon Repos Orphanage in Haiti

Giving up Apathy

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Hatred

Giving up Hatred

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Negativity

Giving up Negativity

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40 Things to Give in for Lent: the Spirit of Poverty

Giving up the Spirit of Poverty

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40 Things to Give up for Lent: Going Through the Motions

Giving up Going through the Motions

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Complaint

Giving up Complaint

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: The Pursuit of Happiness

Giving up the Pursuit of Happiness

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Bitterness

Giving up Bitterness

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Distraction

Giving Up Distraction

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Giving up Giving up

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The 40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Mediocrity

Giving up Mediocrity

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Unwholesome Talk

Destructive Speech

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Busyness

Giving up Busyness

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Loneliness

Giving up Loneliness

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Disunity

Giving up Disunity

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Giving up the Quick Fix

Giving up the Quick Fix

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Giving up Worry

Giving up Worry

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Idolizing

Giving up Idolizing

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Resistance to Change

Giving up the Resistance to Change

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Pride

Giving up Pride

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: A Small View of God

Giving up a Small View of God

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40 Things to Give up for Lent: Envy

Giving up Envy

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Ungratefulness

Giving up Ungratefulness

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Selfish Ambition

Giving up Selfish Ambition

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: Self-sufficiency

Giving up Self-sufficiency

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40 Things to Give up for Lent

Giving up Sorrow

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40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond: My Life

Giving up My Life

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