OUR GREATEST NEEDS

What do you really need right now? To answer that question, one must first define what a “need” is. We understand that a “need” is greater than a “want.” If you lack something you want, life goes on just fine. If you lack something you need, that presents a problem. Thus, to correctly answer that question, “What do you really need right now,” ultimately one must understand their greatest problems.

Mankind’s greatest problems are universal. We all live under the curse of sin. That sin makes us utterly helpless in our natural state. Natural man is confused, unable to make sense of life. Left in sin, man is doomed to death, and not just physical death. After one’s heart stops comes another type of death that is infinitely worse, an eternal nightmare.

Lent is the season of the Church Year where we wrestle with our greatest needs. Lent also demonstrates that in Christ, all our greatest needs are met. Here is what the Spirit makes clear this season. If you lack Christ, you have nothing. If you have Christ, you have everything you truly need.

Our Sunday worship in Lent will follow this pattern:
First Sunday in Lent, Feb. 26 – A Champion for the Defeated
Second Sunday in Lent, Mar. 5 – A Gift for the World
Third Sunday in Lent, Mar. 12 – Water for the Thirsty
Fourth Sunday in Lent, Mar. 19 – Sight for the Blind
Fifth Sunday in Lent, Mar. 26 – Life for the Dead
Sunday of the Passion, Apr. 2 – A Greater Type of King