Vicki,
I do agree with you.
I would love to go to Church, but I would rather stay at home and worship
The Lord with all of you, my Christian friends, than feel uncomfortable in
a Church.
I don't like being judged like I have in the past by some Churches.
Just my two cents worth.
Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
At 04:41 AM 1/23/05, you wrote:
>Have recently been thinking that I have some what of a jaded attitude. Was
>just thinking last night of the years I have loved going to church and felt
>I was there for the right reason for the most part. Oh there were those
>times, that all of us have, of course. but now I find it's difficult to
>attend. I've been attending a church for the last almost year and a half on
>a regular basis, and am not managing to fit in anywhere. Though I love the
>sermon, and the music, and worship of the Lord, I seem to be just warming a
>bench. I can do that much easier at home and have a cumffy chair in
>addition. Experiences with churches in the last couple of years have
>caused me to search my heart to see if there is any unforgiveness for church
>leadership who really inflicted pain on me. Having re-visited those
>experiences, asking the Lord to show me any unforgiveness, I feel that area
>is settled as far as I can settle it. But in a properly functioning church,
>should there not be a place of service for every member of the body of
>Christ? And what about the verses in Hebrews 10:24-25. New Living puts
>it this way.
>
>Think of ways to encourage one another to outbursts of love and good deeds.
>
>And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but
>encourage and warn each other, especially now that the day of his coming
>back again is drawing near.
>
>I like that outburst of good deeds.
>
>We won't have that perfect church until heaven, but the church today is
>severely hampered, and misses out because members of the body aren't in
>their places erving, sharing their God-given gifts, ministering and being
>ministered to.. I'm not just talking about the up front people that we
>might see every Sunday like the pastor or the worship teams. But so that I
>don't get on a soap box, wonder what others of you think?
>
>I'm sure glad that we can assemble here on the net. The physical assembly
>is still, however, important.
>
>
>
>Vicki
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