🌿 Remain With Me: A Lent Devotional Journey Toward Easter
...Through the Words of Jesus
🌿 We Are Currently On: Day 7— February 25, 2026
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Lent is not a season for striving.
It is a season for staying.
On the night before the cross, Jesus asked His closest friends for one simple thing:
“Remain here and keep watch with me.”
This six-week Lenten journey, as we move slowly toward Easter, is an invitation to sit with His words one day at a time and stay close enough to hear His voice again.
As we remain with Him, we begin to understand what it means to remain in Him.
And slowly, gently, we learn to love the way He loved — not by pressure, but by proximity.
You don’t have to do this perfectly.
Just show up.
He will meet you there.
🌿 The Journey
Below are daily words spoken by Jesus.
Read one each day.
Sit with it.
Return when you drift.
Days 1–6: Come and Stay
Day 1 — John 1:39
“Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”
Day 2 — John 1:38
“What do you want?”
Day 3 — John 6:37
“Whoever comes to me I will never drive away.”
Day 4 — Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Day 5 — John 10:27
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”
Day 6 — John 15:4
“Remain in me, as I also remain in you…”
Days 7–14: Remain in My Love
Day 7 — John 15:5
“Apart from me you can do nothing.”
Day 8 — John 15:9
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.”
Day 9 — John 14:23
“…we will come to them and make our home with them.”
Day 10 — John 6:35
“I am the bread of life…”
Day 11 — John 8:12
“I am the light of the world…”
Day 12 — John 13:34
“Love one another. As I have loved you…”
Day 13 — John 13:35
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Day 14 — Luke 6:36
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Days 15–22: Quiet Formation
Day 15 — Matthew 6:6
“When you pray, go into your room…”
Day 16 — Matthew 6:16
“When you fast…”
Day 17 — Luke 16:10
“Whoever can be trusted with very little…”
Day 18 — Matthew 23:12
“Those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Day 19 — John 12:24
“Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies…”
Day 20 — Matthew 16:25
“Whoever loses their life for me will find it.”
Day 21 — Matthew 25:40
“…whatever you did for one of the least of these…”
Day 22 — John 14:27
“Peace I leave with you…”
Days 23–30: Watch and Surrender
Day 23 — Matthew 26:38
“ Remain here, and watch with me.”.”
Day 24 — Matthew 26:40
“Couldn’t you… keep watch with me for one hour?”
Day 25 — Matthew 26:41
“The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Day 26 — Luke 22:42
“Not my will, but yours be done.”
Day 27 — John 12:27
“Now my soul is troubled…”
Day 28 — John 12:23
“The hour has come…”
Day 29 — John 18:11
“Shall I not drink the cup…”
Day 30 — Matthew 26:52
“Put your sword back…”
Days 31–38: Remain at the Cross
Day 31 — Mark 8:31
“The Son of Man must suffer many things…”
Day 32 — Luke 23:34
“Father, forgive them…”
Day 33 — Luke 23:43
“Today you will be with me in paradise.”
Day 34 — John 19:26–27
“Here is your son…”
Day 35 — Matthew 27:46
“My God, my God…”
Day 36 — John 19:28
“I am thirsty.”
Day 37 — John 19:30
“It is finished.”
Day 38 — Luke 23:46
“Father, into your hands…”
Days 39–46: Peace & Loving Like Him
Day 39 — Matthew 28:5–6
“Do not be afraid… He has risen.”
Day 40 — John 20:19
“Peace be with you!”
Day 41 — John 20:21
“Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
Day 42 — John 21:15
“Do you love me?”
Day 43 — John 21:17
“Feed my sheep.”
Day 44 — John 14:1
“Do not let your hearts be troubled.”
Day 45 — John 14:19
“Because I live, you also will live.”
Day 46 — Matthew 28:20
“And surely I am with you always…”
🌿 Why Six Weeks?
Lent is often described as “40 days,” reflecting Jesus’ time in the wilderness. From Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, however, there are 46 calendar days. Traditionally, Sundays are not counted in the 40. This journey simply follows each day of the season, beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Resurrection Sunday.
🌿 A Quiet Companion
If you would like a tangible reminder to remain during this season, the Remain With Me bracelet was created as a gentle companion for Lent — not as a statement, but as a reminder to return.
👉 Free Lent Tracker PDF
(A simple printable companion for this journey.)
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