Episode 342: Cleaning House

Third Sunday of Lent
 Sermon Series: 40 Days of Growth 
 Sermon: Cleaning House

Scripture: John 2:13-22

Lent continues—not just in the wilderness around us, but in the deeper rooms of our own hearts. This week, in Gospel of John 2:13–22, we encounter a different image of Jesus. Not quiet. Not withdrawn. But turning over tables in the temple courts.

And if we’re honest, that feels familiar.

We live in a world that fills every corner of our lives.
 Calendars overflow. Notifications ping. Opinions shout. Expectations pile up. Before we know it, the sacred spaces within us—our attention, our priorities, our worship—are cluttered with things that don’t truly give life. And into that cluttered space, Jesus still walks.

He looks at our carefully arranged tables—the habits we’ve justified, the priorities we’ve misplaced, the distractions we’ve normalized—and asks hard but loving questions:

• What doesn’t belong here?
• What has taken up space that was meant for prayer?
• What needs to be cleared out so something deeper can grow?

In this week’s message from our 40 Days of Growth series, “Cleaning House,” we’ll explore what it means to let Christ reorder our hearts—overturning what distracts us so that what is holy can take center stage again.

Sometimes growth doesn’t begin with adding something new. Sometimes it begins with making room.

Worship Schedule
8:45am: Contemporary Service

10am: Sunday School

11am: Traditional Service