On the Altar - Week 3

The sermon explores the critical role of trust in relationships and personal wholeness, highlighting the speaker's struggle with vulnerability and openness. Drawing from Genesis 2, it emphasizes that humans need external sources, both divine and interpersonal, to become complete. The message identifies shame, doubt, and fear as barriers to trust, stemming from sin. It examines the qualities that make individuals trustworthy—care, compassion, integrity—and conversely, behaviors that erode trust, such as dishonesty and manipulation. The path to regaining trust involves work, repentance, and a desire for reconciliation, while learning to trust again begins with trusting God, embracing His love to overcome fear, and allowing healing to occur.