Christ as Servant and Savior is the theme for LHM's 2025 Lenten devotions in English and Spanish. In English, Dr. Kari Vo has penned Servant of the Lord. In Spanish, El Siervo sufriente ("The Suffering Servant"), was written by Rev. Dr. Leopold Sánchez, Christian Morales, Deaconess Perla Rodríguez, Abigail Ramírez, and Rev. Dr. Héctor Hoppe. Both devotions speak to Jesus' ministry in terms of His service to mankind and the salvation He offers everyone.
Suffering was never far from Jesus, so He gets it when our lives are difficult. In El Siervo sufriente, we are reminded that "Jesus understands what it is to be desolate in times of need, so when we suffer that kind of challenge, we can trust that Jesus understands our pain, and we have the assurance that our God will never forsake us."
Nancy Kellerhals, administrator for LHM's U.S. Hispanic ministries, says, "When you feel like life is running you over, or when the struggles are wearing you down, we find comfort remembering that we have a Savior, Jesus Christ! Just as Easter Sunday showed that not even death could hold Him back, so we are also certain that because Jesus won, we too will win."
In Servant of the Lord, we are reminded how Jesus drew people unto Himself. "During the next three years, Simon and his fellow disciples will find out [who Jesus is]. Because Jesus has come into the world to go fishing—not for fish, but for people. He wants to catch them all. And so Jesus is calling Simon, and Andrew, and us too—to learn from Him how to share our faith, so that we can bring more and more people into Jesus' nets."
"Jesus loves to teach us everything about life in the Kingdom, and part of that is sharing the Gospel," says Chris Macky, LHM's content development manager and the Lenten devotion reader. "Jesus invites me, just as He invited His disciples, to follow Him and learn from Him. He calls all of us to catch people, and it is a privilege to do so with His help."
Lenten devotions begin Ash Wednesday, March 5, and conclude on Easter Monday, April 21. You can find them at lhm.org/lent and paraelcamino.com/cuaresma. The Tears of Hope radio drama, which is adapted from a This is the Life television episode, will once again be available this year at lutheranhour.org/tearsofhope.