Why can't we worship God in the comfort of our homes, enjoying the best preaching and music that television has to offer? Why can't we just enjoy being alone in the woods, with God and the pine trees? Why can't we meet God at the water's edge, wiggling our toes in the warm sand? Read More...
I've been thinking I would like to go to church, but I don't know anyone.
I don't know what to do, where to go, what to expect when I get there. It's hard and it feels awkward to do anything for the first few times. Here are some suggestions:
Have you noticed a church near you or one you drive by often? If not, check the phone book. Call the church office. You should find a friendly voice to talk to. (Some churches don't have a full-time staff. If no ones there leave a message so they can get back to you.)
If you'd like, ask to be matched up with someone in the church, any of us would love to meet you even before you attend. That way, you will know someone before you come!
Also, we could pick you up Sunday morning, meet you for breakfast or coffee before church or at least meet you in the parking lot to show you where to go and what to do.
Stop by a church on a weekday and ask someone to show you around so the place doesn't feel so foreign when you come on Sunday.
Just show up. Check out when the worship service starts. Many churches have greeters to help you as you enter the sanctuary. If you'd like, ask them to introduce you to someone you can sit with.
I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me (Psalm 119:30). Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully (Psalm 24:3, 4).
It's always been amazing to me that even in the Old Testament God called for His people to be a holy people, may I say to all reading this message, we've got to be a holy people if we expect to get into and live in God's presence.
The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the LORD, all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the LORD, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done (Exodus 35:29. The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple (Psalm 119:30).
Oh! the amazing word of God. Let's continue our thought a little further concerning the Laver. You will discover in (Ex. 38:8) the women of Israel freely gave up their brass mirrors to make the bronze laver for the tabernacle.
He made the laver of bronze and its base of bronze, from the bronze mirrors of the serving women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. (Exodus 38:8) The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. (Psalm 119:130)
The word of God, oh! What an intriguing book, the book of all books. The laver was a very huge basin made from the brass mirrors of the Israelite women.
"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will,and it shall be done unto you," Jesus, The Bible book of John 15:7
The first and greatest commandment is to love God with our whole hearts, our whole minds, and our whole souls. The second commandment is similar, to love our neigbors as ourselves. As we develop a personal relationship with God through prayer, we experience God's love for us which spills over into a love for others. Prayer is at the center of Christian life.
To those who believe Heaven-minded people are missing out on the pleasures of life on earth, evangelist Greg Laurie has something to say.
“No one loves life more than the follower of Christ,” says Laurie, adding that Christians don’t need drugs or alcohol to enjoy it.
And if anyone believes Heaven-minded people are of no earthly good, Laurie suggests they ask themselves how many Christian relief organizations and hospitals there are.
“How many atheist relief organizations are out there right now? Not a lot. Probably none,” adds Laurie.
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