LENT DEVOTIONAL FOR MEN 2026: 40 Days of Bold Faith, Sacrifice, and Resurrection Power Most men go through Lent the same way they go through church — present on the outside, untouched on the inside. This book was written to change that. Lent Devotional for Men 2026 is a complete 40-day journey from Ash Wednesday (February 18) through Easter Sunday (April 5, 2026), written specifically for Christian men who are done with surface-level faith and ready for something that actually reaches the Monday of their lives — their marriages, their fatherhood, their private struggles, their secret failures, their deepest questions about who they are and who God is calling them to be. This is not a gentle 3-minute devotional. It is a challenge. A training program for the interior life. A season of honest reckoning and genuine transformation built around the ancient Christian practice of Lent — but written with the directness, accountability, and masculine language that men actually respond to. What you will find inside this book: 40 fully developed daily devotions — each one containing an Opening Prayer, a Scripture focus, a 500-word devotional reflection written directly to men, 3 Reflection Questions for journaling or group discussion, a Closing Prayer, and a concrete daily challenge that demands action — not just intention. 10 powerful thematic chapters built around the specific battles and callings of a man's life: The Wilderness — Facing temptation the way Jesus faced it, armed with the Word The Surrender — Letting go of control and discovering what freedom actually feels like The Father — What kind of man are you at home, when no one important is watching? The Warrior — Spiritual warfare is real, the enemy is active, and passive men lose The Servant — Redefining greatness through the towel, the basin, and the basin-first life The Broken Man — Grace for the man who has failed — and the confession that sets men free The Disciplined Man — Prayer, fasting, Scripture, and silence built into daily habits that stick The Suffering Man — Finding God in the pain rather than concluding His absence is the lesson Holy Week — Seven devotionals walking with Jesus through Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday The Resurrection Man — Easter Sunday and the identity, declaration, and commissioning that follow A complete Men's Group Discussion Guide at the end of every chapter — with questions, prayer prompts, and accountability activities designed for small groups, men's Bible studies, and church Lenten programs. A 7-Day Post-Easter Challenge to carry the transformation beyond April 5 and into the actual weeks that follow. The Resurrection Man's Declaration — a solemn, line-by-line declaration for men to sign and witness at the close of the journey. A full Men's Group Leader's Kit including a 10-session small group guide for continuing the work through the rest of the year. Why men need this book — and why this Lent is different: The statistics on men and faith are sobering. Men are leaving the church at higher rates than women. Men's friendships rarely go deep enough to carry real weight. Most men carry their heaviest things alone — the addiction, the failure, the wound left by an absent father, the gap between who they say they are and who they actually are at 11 p.m. on a Tuesday. Lent was designed for exactly this kind of man. Forty days of intentional discipline, honest prayer, and community accountability have been proven for centuries to produce transformation that a Sunday sermon alone cannot reach. And when that process is designed specifically for men — with direct language, concrete challenges, real accountability, and the brother-to-brother tone that men actually respond to — the results are not incremental. They are life-changing. Men who walk this journey report restored marriages, broken addictions, reconciled father-son relationships, and a relationship with God that finally feels real instead of performed. Not because the book is magic. Because forty days of showing up honestly before God — armed with Scripture, emptied by fasting, rebuilt by grace — does what comfort Christianity was never designed to do. It forges men. This book is for you if: You want more than Sunday morning faith and don't know how to get there You carry something in private that you have never said out loud to another human being Your relationship with your father left wounds you have never fully named or healed You keep cycling through the same patterns and genuinely want to break them You want your children to see a man of faith in you — not just a man who attends church You lead a men's group and want a complete, battle-tested curriculum for Lent 2026 You believe the tomb is empty and you want your daily life to look more like it The cross is forty days away. Easter is coming. You will not arrive at it as the same man who started. Buy your copy now and begin the most important forty days of your year.