Lent Preaching Series: Detoxing our Soul: Replacing the darkness of sin with the Light of Jesus

This Lent in worship, we will be focusing on sins that can clutter up our lives and disrupt our relationship with God. Each week, we will be taking a look at what the church has historically called “the seven deadly sins,” which include anger, envy, gluttony, sloth, pride, lust, and greed.  How might these sins manifest themselves in our lives? How can we recognize them? Our purpose is not to point fingers at others, or even condemn ourselves, but to see where we might be off track and repent and start over. Remember, Repentance Leads to Freedom! We will be looking at not only how these sins might manifest themselves in our attitudes and daily living, but also exploring the positive virtues or character traits which we can build into our lives so that we are living as the children of light Jesus calls us to be.

• February 18 – Pride/Humility – Luke 18:9-14, Genesis 3:1-7, Philippians 2
• February 25 – Envy/Security in God’s Goodness – Matthew 20:1-16, 1 Samuel 18:5-9, Genesis 37:17-24
• March 3 – Sloth/Passion – Proverbs 6:6-11, Matthew 25:26-28
• March 10 – Lust/Healthy Love – Matthew 5:27-30, 2 Samuel 11:2-5
• March 17 – Gluttony and Greed/Healthy Contentment – Genesis 25:24-34, 1 Corinthians 11:17-22
• March 24 – Anger/Kindness – Ephesians 4:25-32, Matthew 5:21-22  (Palm Sunday)
• March 31 – Easter