Pastor Chris is beginning a sermon series on financial giving as an act of worship and how our giving reflects our faith, obedience and generosity as believers in Christ.

As prophesied in Malachi the "Day of the Lord" was to be God's time of purifying and refining His people. That special time was inaugurated at the resurrection of Jesus Christ who refines and purifies His people by the power of His Holy Spirit. Pastor Chris explains this reality.

Pastor Chris shares how Jesus went directly from His Triumphal Entry to the Temple where He cleansed it for a second time and reaffirmed the importance of worshipping rightly as a means of true change for His people.

In the last of our Lenten psalms we see David wrestling with his sins on the inside and enemies from without. His only hope is in the Lord who has delivered him in the past and will again save him.

Ruling Elder Bill Joyner, filling in for Pastor Chris King this week, shares how God desires to exchange His grace and comfort for the ashes in our lives.

King David shares about the depths of his depression, the deep conviction of his own sins, and how his trust in the Lord and His deliverance is his only hope! Pastor Chris relays how God is our only hope for our struggles as well.

King David wrote in Psalm 32 about the importance of seeking forgiveness from God and repentance of the sin that so easily builds spiritual barriers between us and Him. He encourages us out of his own experience of sin, repentance and forgiveness so that we might be gain the same blessings of getting ourselves right with God.

David shares honestly about his own struggles and how his trust in God enabled him to go forward. We can learn much from this Old Testament saint in how to deal with our troubles today.

Pastor Chris explains the differences between the Greek words of "love" and how Jesus uses these differences to recall Simon Peter to his commission as a follower of Christ. He also discusses how we are called to share the unconditional love of Christ with family, friends and foreigners at all times.

Pastor Chris explores the reality that when we gather to worship God, we should see Him rightfully as King, humbling ourselves before the Lord.