daily prayer

Great Monday morning! How are we faithing? My Pastor is awesome! He loves us and deals with us. He preaches and makes us think without self condemnation. He challenges us. He also is our friend. How about you? Do you nap in church? Do you even go and if you don't why? Is it because it causes comas? Is it because you think everyone is a hypocrite and are judging you? Do you think you are important enough for them to even notice? I say not. I say all those people who are in church are there because they are not perfect or have it together just like you. Sure some put on a good front but that is what it is. It's about time we all realize that we go to church to minister and to be ministered to. We go to church to learn and to teach. What is cool is alot of the time these things happen and we are not even aware they are. Think about this, if those people were as good as you think they think they are, they wouldn't have need of church. I don't know what your experiences with church are or even if you have any but it's time to toss off the baggage and find one. You are gonna feel pain, anguish, offense but you also will feel joy, love, comedy and camaraderie. Boy, that sounds like a family to me. Church is for the equipping of the saints, what the Bible calls believers, for help when we need it and it's a place where one can find family friendship. This is church;

Ephesians 4:11-14
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 1:4-9
I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge, even as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you, so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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These are comforting and reassuring verses and I just wanted to share. You are not alone and you are loved unconditionally by Jesus. So is everyone else at that church.

Remember Regina Robinson...remember the Shaw family...

Heavenly Father,
Thank you for our Pastors and our leaders. Lord equip them with courage and strength physically, spiritually and mentally so they can do your work. Lord we love and honor you and ask for wisdom and guidance for those seeking. Draw them to you and to one of your houses where you reside. Teach us humility and charity so we can not be a judgemental Christian that hinders and doesn't help lead to you. Bless our days in Jesus name we pray, amen