The Wilderness as a Place of Spiritual Testing. This is the first Sunday in Lent. Lent is a 40-day journey of preparation as we look toward celebrating the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. Jesus went to the wilderness to pray, fast and engage in spiritual warfare. Join Pastor Greg as he shares how we can use the season of Lent to expose our sin and pursue lives of holiness.

In this second Sunday of our series Preparing the Soil of Our Soul we see how God God initiates a covenant promise to Abraham which helped to prepare and cultivate the soil of Abraham's heart by revealing that God is faithful and trustworthy, even unto death. Join Pastor Greg as he shares some concrete steps that we can take to deepen our faith and trust in God despite finding ourselves in difficult circumstances.

In working through Isaiah, we have seem him depressed by the painful realities of his people's current situation of dealing with the horrors of being overrun by an invading army. We have also read of his excitement at the glorious prospect of the future in God's perfect world. Between these two extremes lies the settled disposition of patient, trustful waiting to which the people of God must return to again and again. It is to be our hallmark as we live out our lives in this world as it is.