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Why Do We Really Need Church?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. 5. |
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| Written by Associate pastor wayne durden |
| Thursday, 30 October 2008 08:56 |
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It certainly goes without saying the day we live in is a tough day, a world of unrest in a lot of ways, but we must remember who is in control. It is certainly not our government or any other agency, but God.
God help we Christians to live by and come under the authority of our God, Note! (2 Corinthians 10:4-6). The bible teaches us that the child of God must live by Faith in God, not carnality. The bible records the just shall live by faith, God promised to meet our needs, but we must look to Him and exercise the faith that God has given we believers. When we read God's word we either go forward in faith or fail to reach our destiny, God's will is to meet our every need, How? According to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. We need to understand God is not running a welfare system there's some things we've got to do, for example God spoke to Simon Peter in (Matthew 17:27) to cast his hook into the water and the fish he caught would have the money in the fish's mouth to pay his temple tax, weird right, but it's in God's word. Peter obeyed by faith, he could have said Lord, that's crazy. Another example, Saul failed to live by faith, this among other things led to his rebelling against God. God forbid that we'll let anything bound us that's not God's will. Free In Christ, Pastor Durden |
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