First Sunday in Lent

 It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, 

but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God

(Matthew 4:4)

Saturday after Ash Wednesday

 Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you;

And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.

For the Lord is a God of justice;

Blessed are all those who wait for Him

(Isaiah 30:18)

Friday after Ash Wednesday

 Indeed it was for my own peace

That I had great bitterness;

But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption,

For You have cast all my sins behind Your back

(Isaiah 38:17)

Thursday after Ash Wednesday

 I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; 

therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 

that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, 

and that you may cling to Him.

(Deuteronomy 30:19–20a)

Ash Wednesday

 Create in me a clean heart, O God,

And renew a steadfast spirit within me

(Psalm 51:10)

Promise Verse

 Now, therefore,’ says the Lord,

‘Turn to Me with all your heart,

With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning

(Joel 2:12)

Promise Verse

 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, 

which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, 

until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts

(2 Peter 1:19)