Good morning! How are we faithing! Man! What a good God we serve! And what a country we live in that we can serve without the condemnation and physical dangers other countries face! (of course I speak generally and realize this may not always be the case) We have a freedom in God in this land that sometimes causes us to become complacent. Causes us to whine or complain about the littlest things to where we just don't even go to church. We choose not to go for reasons that really are excuses, not legit stuff that happens. The interesting thing is God designed church to be a place for recharging our batteries, to worship, to be with like minded people so we are encouraged to press on to the prize. Church does not determine the outcome of our salvation. Church does not build up points towards heaven. If you go or not doesn't make a difference on whether you are saved or not. Going to church is a sanctuary for communing with God with others. Church is for us to charge, to keep us focused on our mission as evangelists. Being able to live righteously in this world is hard and without refueling our spirits, we end up getting less and less enthusiastic about our gift of salvation. Church doesn't lead people to Jesus, we do. By our lives and the witness thereof people want to come to your church to see what this is all about.

Hebrews 10:35-36
So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
NIV

1 Peter 4:9-11
Be hospitable to one another without complaint. As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, the utterances of God; whoever serves, let him do so as by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
NAS

Jude 20-23
But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear-hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
NIV

Heavenly Father,
Forgive us when we fail you. Forgive us when we give in to our own stuff when we know better. Forgive me for these things. Lord we lift the lost to you. Help us be examples that they see you. Lord teach us to be the people you designed us to be. in Jesus name, Amen