Throughout the evolution of Facebook, people have flocked to the website in unbelievable amounts. These amounts could consist of over 200,000 members in a single month! How is that possible? Why aren't people flocking to church in the masses every week?
There are many reasons people don't want to attend church. Some say it's boring. Some say they are too busy and need their rest. Although, I think the biggest reason is because they don't feel comfortable with Christians.
What do I mean? People don't want to attend a church service because they feel that the members judge or look down upon them. I'll be honest with you though, I think judging naturally happens. It is a natural part of the human mind to judge others on the way we see them.
I think this aspect of our minds can lead to an increase in our own pride. As Christians, we try to be perfect and act as if everything is always alright. Our personal pride leads us towards a desire to be of high social standing inside the church. To get this so called, "ranking" we act as if everything is always perfect in our lives. Why would someone with problems a calculator couldn't count, want to come to our church and stand out?
Since when did church become the place where people go when they have their lives all together? Since when do all church members live the so called, "perfect" life?
Church should be the place where people go when they don't have it all together! It should be the one place where you don't have to act like someone you're not. Why haven't we created this atmosphere? This world has only seen one person who had it all together! Jesus!
Churches need to have an atmosphere where people feel like their lives can be changed. If you have a problem, there is no greater place to not only find help from God, but from other people. Many of those people, whether they want to admit it or not , have gone through the same trials. All this takes is the willingness to take our pride out of the equation and admit that we are hopeless without God! People have to feel comfortable to attend church. Church has to be the universal place for people to go when their life gets so bad that it needs fixed.
"I gotta get my life in order, then I'll start coming to church." No, come to church this Sunday and let God get your life in order!
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Why You Aren't Truly Happy
How could it have taken 22 years to find what I was truly looking for? Why did it take so long? Why had I spent my life chasing things that never satisfied me? What was wrong?
I have always been, and always will be, the type of person that will do whatever it takes to accomplish what I want. The only problem has been that the accomplishments or success would never satisfy me. I couldn't find anything that could fill what was empty. The only thing that ever crossed my mind was success. Not only in team sports, but in games such as Age of Empires, ping-pong, and NBA Live. It's what I now call an addiction to success. I couldn't and still can't stand doing something worse than someone else. All of those traits are great and I'm still the same way. But why was it when I reached a goal, I still felt empty?
For a long time in my life, I thought it was because I had no direction. Now though, I have direction and know what I want to pursue in my future! How am I still empty at times?
It's because I've realized that God is the only thing that can fill the void in me. I can go 4-4 in a baseball game, but it does not satisfy me like the worship songs on Sunday morning do. I'll be the first person to say that it sounds crazy, but it's true. The peace, relaxation, and comfort that I feel during a song on Sunday morning is the only thing on this entire world that satisfies me.
It must be because those moments are when I feel like I'm in complete connection with God. I know I cannot be the only person who has this need. We all go after things in this world to satisfy us. We go after alcohol, fame, and money as if it will fill us. Yes, those things will undoubtedly be a lot of fun, but will they make you happy for the rest of your life?
Everyone has this void in some way. Maybe it feels different to you than it did me, but you have it. People will spend countless hours and amounts of money in hopes of getting what they want to fill their emptiness. Unfortunately, it takes most of us decades to figure out that we are searching for something that is easy to find. The presence of God!
I have always been, and always will be, the type of person that will do whatever it takes to accomplish what I want. The only problem has been that the accomplishments or success would never satisfy me. I couldn't find anything that could fill what was empty. The only thing that ever crossed my mind was success. Not only in team sports, but in games such as Age of Empires, ping-pong, and NBA Live. It's what I now call an addiction to success. I couldn't and still can't stand doing something worse than someone else. All of those traits are great and I'm still the same way. But why was it when I reached a goal, I still felt empty?
For a long time in my life, I thought it was because I had no direction. Now though, I have direction and know what I want to pursue in my future! How am I still empty at times?
It's because I've realized that God is the only thing that can fill the void in me. I can go 4-4 in a baseball game, but it does not satisfy me like the worship songs on Sunday morning do. I'll be the first person to say that it sounds crazy, but it's true. The peace, relaxation, and comfort that I feel during a song on Sunday morning is the only thing on this entire world that satisfies me.
It must be because those moments are when I feel like I'm in complete connection with God. I know I cannot be the only person who has this need. We all go after things in this world to satisfy us. We go after alcohol, fame, and money as if it will fill us. Yes, those things will undoubtedly be a lot of fun, but will they make you happy for the rest of your life?
Everyone has this void in some way. Maybe it feels different to you than it did me, but you have it. People will spend countless hours and amounts of money in hopes of getting what they want to fill their emptiness. Unfortunately, it takes most of us decades to figure out that we are searching for something that is easy to find. The presence of God!
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