Funny how i use to make these exact same excuses about going to chuch. now i look foward to my sundays more than i ever did my weekend partying days. 1. Sundays are my only days to sleep in. I can appreciate this. Really I can. I know you work hard all week, but consider the fact that Sunday is the “getting up day.” Sunday is the day Jesus got up from the grave (Matthew 28:1). He suffered and died for you and He rose from the dead on Sunday. That’s why we gather on Sunday (Acts 20:7). Every Sunday is “Resurrection Sunday.” Every Sunday is “getting up day,” so get up and come worship the risen King of Kings. If Jesus’ sacrificial death and subsequent resurrection doesn’t motivate you to get up, I don’t know what will. 2. I have to work on Sundays. Again, I appreciate this. I know you have to work to support your family. God knows you have to work to support your family (1 Timothy 5:8). That being said, what are you doing about rearranging your work schedule so you can attend at least one worship service on Sundays? If necessary, are you willing to look for another job which allows you to be at worship on Sundays? When assembling your priority, there is almost always a way to make it happen. 3. People judge me. I’m sure there are times when people are genuinely and unfairly judged. I’m sorry about that. Really I am. But usually, this excuse sounds like, “This woman was staring at me and I could tell she was judging me.” With all due respect, what’s the difference between you judging her for her gaze and the judging you feel like she’s doing? Aren’t you judging her? Aren’t you making assumptions about what she’s thinking? Some people are truly and sinfully judgmental. They are wrong when they do that; but are you really free from being judged by avoiding worship services? Aren’t there plenty of judgmental people out in the world as well? 4. I don’t have the right clothes to wear. Clothes are necessary. I would even encourage you to wear clothes that modestly cover your body parts. I would assume you probably have something that covers your body. But please know, you do not have to wear expensive clothes to worship the Lord (see 1 Timothy 2:9). You don’t have to wear a suit and tie or an expensive dress. You can come in whatever you have. I can imagine you won’t be the only one there wearing jeans and a t-shirt, if that’s all you have to wear. Please don’t let this stop you from coming to worship. 5. I don’t need to. Ok, I hear this one all the time. “I don’t have to go to worship with other Christians. I can worship anywhere. I can worship out on the lake, in the woods, or sitting in my easy chair.” I am not denying that Christians can worship anywhere, but please share with me where God’s word says you can live independently of the church and worship individually and not corporately. I would love to see where you’re reading that in Scripture. Everything I read in Scripture emphasizes the importance, significance, and necessity of being a part of the body of Christ (see 1 Corinthians 12; Romans 12; Hebrews 10:24-25; and pretty much the whole New Testament). 6. I don’t get anything out of it. You want to know a secret? There’s been plenty of times when I’ve shown up and heard boring sermons and Bible class lessons. The speaker had obviously not adequately prepared or maybe I just wasn’t in the right mind set. But I still didn’t regret my attendance. Do you know why? Because it isn’t all about me. I don’t attend just to “get something out of it.” I attend for God. I attend to encourage others. I attend because, for better or worse, that’s my family.
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:32:36 +0000
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