Holy Season 2026 at Cornerstone Chosen Ministries will be…

“Denying Myself ,so I may Walk In HIS Steps...”

Luke  9:23  "And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me."

This Holy Season we will not hide, we will acknowledge our iniquities and we will seek reformation. 

Philippians 2:5: "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.

The direction we are seeking is not of our own, but of His Will.

We will carry our cross daily Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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For 40 days we will follow the pathway that Jesus has for us, as we follow Him. The direction we shall follow, will be His and 

we will start on February 18th and will not falter. During these 40 days we will give up something or enhance something, 

we will work on self and implement more time with our Savior. If we are to be successful in this Holy Season,

we will have to discipline ourselves and move carefully so that we do not stumble.

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February 18th - Our beginning - We will incorporate a special prayer for Holy Season following bible study.

February 18th - First day of our daily devotion, " In His Steps."

Every Thursday we will do a 7:30 pm check in via Teams.

Good Friday-April 3rd- Our Sanctuary will be open from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm for open Prayer.

6:00 pm Our Holy Season Good Friday Service will be held and all participants will then cast their cards of redemption and

carry their cross from our prayer garden to the altar. 

Holy Saturday - the members will take 3 hours in intervals and meditate.

Resurrection Sunday - Jesus has Risen and we shall celebrate with Praise.

 

 

​​​Personal Sacrifice (Denying the flesh)- Each member is also encouraged to give up something (examples: social media, tv, certain foods….) to cleanse, showing your spirit is stronger than your flesh. We often do not speak on the battle within between our spirit and our flesh. Sometimes our body may say it’s hungry and we rush to eat a hearty meal, when our flesh is not what needs to be fed. We often spend time on frivolous things like social media or watching mindless T.V. when we could spend a few more moments with God, in His Word or just in prayer to grow our relationship with Christ. Believers Sunday service or reading a scripture online, quoting a scripture to someone is not enough; to grow we need to do more. Now you and only you can determine where you are wasting valuable time.

Lent is a solemn religious observance  that begins on Ash Wednesday (February 18th and ends on

Holy Thursday the April 2, 2026, Good Friday, ). The purpose of Lent is the preparation

of the believer through prayer,  repentance of sins, , atonement, and self-denial.  Its institutional purpose is heightened

in the annual commemoration of Holy Week, marking the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus,

which recalls the tradition and events of the New Testament beginning on Friday of Sorrows, further

climaxing on Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday (April 3,2026) , which ultimately culminates in the joyful celebration

on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.  (Sunday, April 5 ,2026.

In Lent, many Christians commit to fasting or giving up certain types of luxuries as a form of penance.

Many Christians also add a Lenten spiritual discipline, such as reading a daily devotional or praying on

scheduled times 

to draw themselves nearer to God.  Some churches remove flowers from their altars. 

Lent is traditionally described as lasting for forty days, in commemoration of the forty days Jesus spent

fasting in the desert, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public

ministry, during

which he endured temptation by Satan.

The forty days of Lent begins this year on February 18th and continues through to Thursday, April 2,2026.

and the 40 days do not include Sundays. Cornerstone Chosen Ministries has incorporated the

observance of the season of Lent.   During this Holy Season, we stress the importance of giving up something to

discipline our flesh and to surrender to our spirit.  We fast and pray as believers, knowing that Jesus instructed us

that some things will only happen through fasting and prayer (Mark 9:29)

We acknowledge that in order to have a relationship with God, we must first acknowledge our sins and ask for

forgiveness and we do this through repentance (From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and 

turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Matthew 4:17 NLT)

We acknowledge the Atonement of which is the reconciliation of God and Us through the sacrificial death of our

Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  We celebrate the Holy Week to acknowledge the death and resurrection of our Savior. 

Good Friday - Good Friday is the day that our Lord Jesus Christ went to Calvary and died on the cross for all of our sins. 

This day signifies the unconditional love that God has for us. 

In 2015 at Cornerstone Chosen Ministries, we implemented this day to be a day of Prayer and reverence for our Savior. 

Our Sanctuary doors open at 8:00 am and is open all day until 7:00 pm.  During the hours of prayer the

Sanctuary is open for anyone who wants to pray or meditate to come into the

House of the Lord and reverence that time.  

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