“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord”. (Joshua 24:15) The other day, a friend of mine asked me if I agreed with parents forcing their children to go to church. It’s a very important question that I wanted to address with this post. First, let me just say… Growing up, going to church wasn’t a choice in my household. It was mandatory. My mom didn’t play when it came to church. But I later appreciated it. Would I had gone if it were a choice? Most likely not. It just wasn’t fun to me. It was…
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“I just don’t want to be judged”, she said, “I’m not like you, I don’t have it all together yet.” I smiled and thought… “by whose standards, because honey I am far from having it all together” What is so discouraging is how so many people feel the exact same way about attending church. Anxiety creeps in when they envision some picture perfect museum of holy togetherness picking apart every piece of their flawed lifestyle. As they choose their seat in the very last row of the sanctuary hoping to be unnoticed. And this idea is so paralyzing that it keeps…
It doesn’t matter if you go to church every day, or every Sunday. What really matters is the person you’re becoming every time you step out of the church. What good does it do to be praying earnestly when you can’t even listen to someone who needs someone to talk to? So what if you’re present in every church activity, when you’re distant from your family and friends because you can’t make time for them. What is the use of knowing and memorizing the Bible verse line per line when you don’t live out to what it means? The essence…
