~~~40 Days~~~

~ number 40 is significant through salvation history 

~ 40 days of praying, fasting, and almsgiving

~ Significance of 40 : rained for 40 days when Noah waited for the creation of a new world, the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 days as they journeyed to the promise land, Jesus fasted in prayed in the desert for 40 days overcoming satan's temptations

~ "40" suggest something happening in our lives, rising to a new and everlasting life