“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks” (John 4:23).

We live in a culture that is infatuated with worship.

• We worship wealth
• We worship celebrities
• We worship power
• We worship fame
• We worship politicians
• We worship sports teams
• We worship political parties
• We worship hobbies
• What we worship is endless

Whatever dictates how we spend our time, money, energy is what we worship.

In such a world, the most radical and rebellious thing Christ-followers can do is to gather on the Lord’s Day in declare to the world that Jesus is the only One worthy of our worship.

When it comes to worshiping Jesus, go CRAZY! Go nuts! Even more than when the Seahawks win the Super Bowl. Every Sunday, gather in the Lord’s house, the Lord’s way and when the world asks what you’re up to, let them know that you worship the only One worthy of worship, the One who never changes, the One who is always for us.

In a culture infatuated with worshiping false gods, show them the only One worthy of our worship.

His name is Jesus.

It’s Sunday. It’s time to worship!

Photo Credit – Lori Ward

“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the more as you see the day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24-25).

It’s Sunday. We are going to church.

Not because God needs us to go to church, but because we need Jesus.

NO. You cannot get hear God’s word proclaimed on a golf course, at a fishing hole, on a hike.

NO. You cannot receive the holy sacraments which the Lord commanded us to do.

There is only one place in the entire universe where the word of God is faithfully proclaimed and the sacraments of the Lord administered. It’s the church

Church isn’t just a place we go. Church is a reminder of to whom we belong. Church is God’s idea. We were commanded to keep the Sabbath and to keep it holy.

So, Sunday’s coming.

Hey! It’s Sunday. We are going to church!

“The [most] important one [commandment] is this: ‘Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and woith all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these” (Mark 12:29-31).

One of the things that the church world gets wrong most often is love.

Yes, God calls us to love Him with all our heart, all our soul, all your mind, and with all your strength. Yes, God calls us to love one another.

Loving people has boundaries. We cannot love people who God has called us to confront.

I came across this the other day:

Who told you to hug Goliath and call it love?

David picked up a stone.

Naivety isn’t holy. It’s foolishness.

Love without discernment will have you protecting what God has commanded you to confront.

by: WiseWoman

I would say she is a wise woman, indeed.