Midweek Lenten Service: Wednesday, March 12

When God tells us not to have any other gods, our sinful nature’s first inclination is to think it is because God is a narcissist who craves attention. That is projecting what we are often like onto him. But God commands us to have no other gods, not because he seeks attention, but because he knows no one loves us as much as he does, no one who can care for us anywhere close to us as well as he can. It is he, by an infinite margin, who can best care for us. Therefore, when we love or trust anyone or anything else more than God, the sin doesn’t simply offend him. It is incredibly self-destructive. As we begin our worship series on the Ten Commandments, by the Spirit teach us to say, “Lord, have mercy, for our incessant idolatry.”

Join us for our upcoming midweek Lent series: Lord, Have Mercy. Special Midweek Devotions are scheduled at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. each Wednesday evening during Lent. Join us for our Lenten suppers, available in the Fellowship Hall, from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday.