******* PERFECT CHURCH ******* LUKE 2 : 36 - 38. Anna, daughter of Phanuel, never left the temple but stayed there day and night, worshipping GOD with fasting and prayer! Think about her age, eighty four years! But she went to the synagogue to pray and worship! Think about her loneliness! Only seven years of married life; a widow and aged! But she went to the synagogue to pray and worship! Think about the political situation! The nation was governed by foreigners; no freedom! But she went to the synagogue to pray and worship! Think about the religious situation! Pharisees and Sadducees; hypocrisy and manipulation were at the peek; Priests behaved like politicians! But she went to the synagogue to worship and pray! Think about the spiritual condition! Nearly four hundred years of spiritual darkness; No WORD! But she went to the synagogue to worship and pray! Think about the economical confusion! Even in the synagogue, the nexus of businessmen and priests dictated everything including the offerings! But she went to the synagogue to worship and pray! Dear friend, Waiting for a perfect church? Expecting a favourable condition? Trying to list out the reasons for avoiding church? Justifying your lack of interest to worship? Just think about the eighty four years old Anna! She had every reason to avoid the temple and worship, but she went and worshipped! You know the reward! She was given the privilege to see Jesus! She met JESUS, not in a perfect place but, in that corrupted synagogue! In fact, she was the first person to preach about Jesus(verse 38 ). Finding fault with every church? Making hasty judgements against this and that? Blaming the corrupt servants as the reason for your decision? Better be careful! Who knows how many personal encounters with JESUS you lost because of your attitude about your church? If your church is not up to the level, you are also a reason for that! If there is no doctrinal deviation, you have no excuse for avoiding your fellowship! Go there! Be there! Pray and Worship! Today you may have a Divine encounter, like that old widow! *************************************************************************** FOR A DAY IN YOUR COURT IS BETTER THAN A THOUSAND OUTSIDE. i WOULD RATHER STAND AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE HOUSE OF MY GOD THAN DWELL IN THE TENTS OF WICKEDNESS. ( PSALMS 84 : 10 ). *************************************************************************** To read more devotions, kindly visit and like the page https://facebook/pages/A-Sojourners-Diary/25613382123021 To receive articles by email, kindly provide your mail id at the Sojourners Diary blog georgeamalanathan.wordpress/
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:52:28 +0000
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