Tuesday, May 06, 2008

TFTW - Why go to church?*

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:41:31 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

Tell me, what was your church sermon about on Sunday? Or.. if you did not make it to church last weekend, what about the last time you went! What was that sermon about! Surely you can remember! I've heard a few people say the sermon is one of the main reasons they attend church; the sermon is really the "meat" of that early morning outing. Therefore again I ask, what was your last sermon about?

To be honest, I personally do not remember pass the Wednesday in the same week! And this is not something I am too proud of at all! Actually, at times I it concerns me greatly. Once or twice I must admit that I asked myself, "well Jason, what's the PURPOSE of going!" Luckily I came across the following story sometime subsequently and it fixed me right up! Check it out below! If you have seen it already, please just give it another look over, it really is worth that at least.

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.

"I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons.  But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them..

So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor.  It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:

"I've been married for 30 years now.  In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals.  But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals.

But I do know this...

They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work.  If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today.

Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"

Point taken indeed! So, I emphasise, don't give up because you seem not to remember or because at times, it all seems in vain. Our minds are amazing things and you'll be surprised what they remember when you find yourself in certain testing or difficult situations.

Have a great week! :)

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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:55:25 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
The cermon we had at Speak Life on Sunday was titled "God meets you right where you are at!" It was giving insight about the piece of scripture in Exd 3 about Moses, when he killed the Egyptian, burried him in the sand and went about his business. It was only when he saw two of his fellow Hebrews fighting and intervened, when they told him about his sin that he fled to the mountains. The point "food" of the sermon for me, was the fact that we love to sin and bury it in the sand. Funny thing is that we try hard to keep that Egyptian buried that we are stuck there keeping watch over our buried sins rather than out about in our freedom. It was communion Sunday, so it was tied in perfectly with the blood of Jesus Christ that covers all sins, He did it, and all we gotta do is turn to Him and ask for forgiveness and move away from the sin. There was much more to the sermon but I am tired typing now...Enjoy
Diosa
Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:34:21 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
Ah, that was lovely Diosa! Thank you for sharing it with us, and I truly hope that we heed that sermon's message. I know I will try my hardest to!
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