Please do not take offense, but it says more about you than it does the preacher if you cannot sit through one sermon a week. Certainly God loves you enough to speak to you today. One of the most the most frequent ways God does this is through the preaching of His word. Your best … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Church attendance
Is Going to a Physical Church Essential?
A Free Day
Sunday is never a “free day”. Since your pastor knows you can’t come to church, your pastor is coming to you via social media or some other creative means. Be ready. Do not let Sunday drift into just another “free day” of waiting for the storm to pass over. Carve out time to worship God … Continue reading
A walk down memory lane
Please forgive me for pushing my family on you, but I ran across this picture in a blog I wrote about church attendance back in 2012. In the picture is my son (Lee) and three of my grandchildren: (r-l) his niece Trinity, and his daughter Ella and son, David Lee. They had just left church … Continue reading
Wait for the arrival of Jesus at His house…
I know it is a little early in the year to be thinking of Christmas, but on this Sunday, I couldn’t help but think of: Simeon, who was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel (Luke 2:25-35)… And, Anna, a prophetess, who was of great age and who did not depart from the … Continue reading
Forgive me…
When Jesus taught us to pray, he included repentance (“Forgive us our trespasses…”). How often should we repent? I think it’s safe to say Jesus had in mind at least once a week. This Sunday, be sure to include repentance in your worship experience. This will require humility and being willing to admit that you … Continue reading
Going for third place
Pastor, church, at best, will only be third place in your people’s lives. Under God… Home/family will (or should) be first in your people’s life. Then comes work and school (It’s hard to compete with hunger!) And after that…everything else. And this is a good thing. Family and work were created long before the church. … Continue reading
Sunday is a stress test!
Almost without exception, people who suffer a heart attack had warning signs before the attack but chose to ignore them. It was just too much trouble to stop to go to the doctor and take a stress test and get things checked out. Attending church is like that. Going to church is just so different … Continue reading
Hobby-horse living
John 14:15 (NKJV) If you love Me, keep My commandments. _________ When I grew up I remember people describing particular preachers as “clothes-line preachers” or “hobby-horse preachers.” What they meant by that is that no matter where the preacher took his text and no matter what his announced topic was, eventually he’d get … Continue reading
Day 9/40: Don’t hurry to leave.
Genesis 18:22 (NKJV) Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord. Don’t hurry to leave church today. Oh how quickly we depart to go back out into Sodom. Tarry at the house of the Lord today. If you are privileged to be called to a … Continue reading
