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Back in Church

July 30th, 2007

I subscribe to a Daily Devotional Blog written by Bryant Wright at Right From The Heart. I will copy the post exactly here and then discuss.

“…As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.” - Romans 14:11

Will it take six strong men to get you back in church again? Six strong men to carry your body in a casket down the aisle?

The church is a place to worship, to be encouraged, to be spiritually rejuvenated, and a place to learn what it means to have a true relationship with God. There’s no perfect church because there are no perfect people. And imperfect people need God and the forgiveness and salvation He offers in Jesus. I encourage you to find a church. If six strong men have to carry you there, it will be too late.

I don’t think I could have said it any better than he did. There are all kinds of flavors of churches out there. Some traditional, some more modern, some contemporary, some eccentric. Whatever the case is, I think there is a church out there that will fit you. The thing we have to be careful of is finding a church that preaches the truth and not some fluffed up version that sounds all nice and appealing. The truth is not always easy to accept; but our God is a fair, just, and loving God.

My prayer is that if you are reading this then you would find a church home if you don’t have one. Going to church will not make you right with God, you have to earnestly seek Him; but going to the right church will surround you in people that love God and want to know Him personally. They will share the same struggles as you do. We don’t have to go through this life on our own, which is totally contradictory to what is taught in our American culture… “Survival of the fittest”. If you seek Him, you will find Him.

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