With all the praise, honor and glory to my savior Jesus Christ, I ask that you accept these words without judgment or offense.
I pray that we are not “Sinking in the Pew”.
I was actually going to make this last month’s “I Pray That”, but I wanted to start the start the year asking one to be more positive in ones thinking for the New Year.
When you’re done reading this, ask yourself “is this me” because behavior by a few close brought these thoughts to the forefront of my mind and made me think “are you like this Eddie?” Many of our family members are ritualistic church goers many of us go two or more times a week and many of us (myself included) go less than we probably should and some of us none at all.
I can tell you this though whether you go everyday or not at all need you to make sure you’re not professing the love of Jesus and living deep in sin with your soul is deeply stained within.
Some of us who go to church, think paying our tithes and going to church but not heading the word is enough to get you into heaven, when many of us leave church so has the message.
Some of us go to churches where the predominate message is “prosperity” and we use that to justify our lust for everything in this world. Some of us go to churches where the pastor has obtained celebrity status or a level of fame (myself included, don’t worry I’m gonna talk about me).
Some of think that listening exclusively to Gospel music and not going regularly to church is OK.
Well we are all wrong, it’s not about how or where or who you receive the word of God, it’s how you apply the word to your life. I want you to do me a favor and go to another church for a month (4 Sundays) and see how God’s word is similar or differs from what you get week after week from your pastor. You need to read your bible and follow the Word of God more than you listen to the word of man. Be reminded many of the preachers we are we receive God’s Word from are themselves SINKING, many of the choir members SINKING, ushers SINKING, my point is many in the church aren’t living as an example.
The ancestors of this family are founders of a church, one of our aunt’s is a pastor another aunt highly respected in the church but STILL many of us are SINKING, why is this? I think we think because of our connection to such people we think God see’s us like ~~~~~~~~and he see’s us like _______. We need to stop relying on the person who gives us the Word of God to save us and read your bible and use the Word of God to save ourselves.
It's in Jesus name I say this prayer to you, AMEN
Be the example
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