Going to Church, Not Going to Church

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Going to church is important for Christians. Why? Church isn't just where we learn about God and the bible, but where we gather together as a church family at God's house to worship together. Believe it or not, those members of your church will be there when you need them.

They are there to laugh with and to cry with to love God with and to share in your life as Christians and they will be there to pray for you. Prayer is something that we can't do without and when more than one prayer is going up to God, the stronger you feel because you know that your church family loves you enough to pray with you and for you. Does that make sense?

Going to Church

You don't know how much you will miss not going to church until you can't go. There are people all over the world who risk their lives just to meet together to worship God and we, and by we I mean people in general, find it hard to wake up to go. 

Me for one, I love going to church. I miss it when I can't go and don't like to miss a service. But, when you have kids, you never know when you'll have to miss. 

Take the past 5 weeks. 

My youngest child has decided that he will catch everything that he can right now. Grant it - he doesn't want to catch it, but never-the-less, he is.

Let me break it down for you...

About 5 weeks ago, he came down with a sinus infection and we had to miss a Sunday service. Then, just when I thought he was getting better he started to get pneumonia. Not going to church one week didn't feel right, but 2 weeks felt like I was missing something - that feeling you get when you have been to God's house.

Then, tonight (Saturday night), he began to throw up. Yes, the stomach virus. So, no church again tomorrow. That's 3 weeks in a row.

And, guess what.

I am a Sunday school teacher. Yep, for the last 3 weeks I have had to have someone fill in for me. I know she loves it. And, because she is a member of my church family, I know she won't mind when I call her in the morning about 1 hour before she leaves to tell her we won't be there again.

Why did I tell you all of this?

So that you will remember that going to church is not only a blessing, but it is something that you may not be able to do in the future whether it is sickness or the law. Go to church while you can and enjoy your church family. You may need them one day.

May God bless you.

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Unity of the Church

Monday, May 16, 2011

Psalm 133:1 KJV

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.



Church families come together to worship God under one roof on Sunday mornings. Setting in the pews 'amening' here and there when the preacher says something they like. Smiling and singing along with other members of the church. 

Once the service is over, many in the congregation rush out the door back into their everyday lives without even stopping to ask others members how they are doing or if they have had a good week. Other times, people in the church fight amongst themselves causing tension in the church.

Without unity in the church, how can one expect to spread God's Word to others the way it needs to be spread? Coming together as one church family will have a greater impact on not only those you are witnessing to but individual church members too. 

Feeling like part of a family will help the church grow stronger. Having unity in the church will ensure that God can use the church the way He intended.

And one last thing....church meets more than on Sunday mornings. How about the other times during the week that you miss out on hearing God's Word and spending time with your church family? After all, Jesus died for you shouldn't you take a few extra hours a week to show Him how much He means to you?

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