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Hey well as I am a new Christian as of this summer I did not know about Lent which started yesterday - Ash Wednesday. So for 40 days we fast for something, although I am one day late I am going to 'give up' all chocolate for Lent.

So what is everyone else going to do for Lent?

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Nothing, as I do not observe Lent.


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Procrastination...... I think I'm gonna start giving it up... maybe sometime next week

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Procrastination...... I think I'm gonna start giving it up... maybe sometime next week

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*Chuckles to himself*

I'm giving up dining out...actually. I do that WAY too much...not because I really like it...but I'm just slothful. Sloth is bad.


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Non-chocolate candy and cookies. Since I've been pregnant, I've had to give up chocolate, so I've been going overboard on other kinds of candy. Werthers are especially bad.

Wednesday was my first Ash Wednesday service...it was beautiful.


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I don't observe Lent either...but I like what CaritateDei said...he is giving up dining out because it is "slothful." Something "bad" that he wants to change. After forty days his ways will change and he would be more inclined to keep going instead of resorting back to his old ways. I don't think you're just supposed to "give up" something just for the sake of giving something up. It should be something that you actually have problems with, it's a way to become devoted and closer to God.

Some people observe this tradition and some people don't.


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I don't observe Lent either...but I like what CaritateDei said...he is giving up dining out because it is "slothful." Something "bad" that he wants to change. After forty days his ways will change and he would be more inclined to keep going instead of resorting back to his old ways. I don't think you're just supposed to "give up" something just for the sake of giving something up. It should be something that you actually have problems with, it's a way to become devoted and closer to God.

Some people observe this tradition and some people don't.

Amen LossForWords.

There are two ways to observe the lenten "give up." One is to sacrifice something that is truly unsinful but something that really would demand sacrifice...like TV or using the internet or, if you were addicted to putting it on burgers, something as simple as ketchup. The other way is to let go completely of something harmful.

The film, "40 Days and 40 Nights" is not what it means to observe lent. If you were giving it up for good, then that's what it is meant for.


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I just started observing Lent. Our Pastor did a teaching on it last year. I thought it was just a practice of Catholics, turns out prayer and fasting belongs to every Christian. I am giving up all kinds of meat. Making a sacrifice to God of any sort, exercises our faith, and it creates an atmosphere for God to expose the areas of our lives that we need to change. I would encourage every to give it a try.


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I just started observing Lent. Our Pastor did a teaching on it last year. I thought it was just a practice of Catholics, turns out prayer and fasting belongs to every Christian. I am giving up all kinds of meat. Making a sacrifice to God of any sort, exercises our faith, and it creates an atmosphere for God to expose the areas of our lives that we need to change. I would encourage every to give it a try.

Absolutely! Our church fasts every Wednesday, usually, and once or twice a year for a week.


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I decided to give up taking a shower for forty days :emot-questioned:

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