Be brave and go!

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. -Colossians 3:16

There is only one way to heaven and that is the believing that we all have sinned, Jesus died for our sins and rose again and to make a promise to follow Him and his teachings. So if that’s the case, why go to church?

There are several reasons not to go to but the main one that I hear people say is that, “I don’t need to go to church because it is between God and I and prayer is private anyways.” However, reading the above verse, I see that human interaction is very important.  “You Teach” you can’t teach if you don’t meet them. “Admonish one another” you can’t do that alone. Where do you do that? Where do you need to be to really invite the Holy Spirit to help you teach and admonish. “Hmmm I don’t know, maybe Church!” I say in my best Church lady accent.

None of us know when the day we will depart this earth however we need to stay as connected to one another in Christ name and Church is the place for that. I don’t think it could be any clearer than this, And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. -Hebrews 10:24-25.

I like what a friend of mine asked me the other day, “Do you know how many churches are in this valley?” I responded, “ohhhh hundreds.” To which he replied, “Nope only one, we just meet in different buildings.” We are the Church and God has asked us to be relational.

Lord thank you for my Church and all those who support it. Thank you for the many friends at church that help me, iron sharpens iron. Thank you for the amazing example of Jesus and his words that help and encourage me each and every day. In Jesus name, Amen.