The voice in me

It’s been a stressful week couldn’t catch up with what I had started. But there is always room to come back.

Just incase you weren’t following, January is all about peace on this blog. Yes a journey to figuring out what is peace, how can we get it and why we need it. However I also said I will be working on a question regarding churches.

I moved far away from home recently .I’m in a different place, different state and as a Christian I still got to find a place to worship, fellowship and grow.

It’s been hard,not only am I scared of getting myself into some weird ocult unknowingly, but I fear drying off because I simply can’t find a church suitable for me.

There seem to be this strange spirit going around, making people lose interest in attending church. All of a sudden the church is nolonger a safe place. Manipulation and deceit is making the church lose favor in the eyes of the world.

At some point I got wrapped up into thinking that, ‘well I know the word, I know how to pray so why should I bother ?’

The book of Acts tells us about how the early church operated. Saints then, were encouraged to continue gathering, praying together fellowshiping and worshiping. They brought what they had and they shared it among themselves. The poor, orphans and widows were taken care of . That sounds like an admirable church.

They gathered to get to help each other stay strong in the faith in all aspects. What made their bond strong was their shared dedication to God and how set apart they were from the rest of the people. My question is, why is it we feel so comfortable everywhere else but just not the church? Could it be that we nolonger share the same dedication to God. We have diluted our values to such an extent that we relate more to non believers than we do to those who believe. Hence going to church feels more like a burden. Or the church diluted it’s value that it’s nolonger centered on equipping and growing our faith? Hence we don’t see the importance.

Nowadays people will choose a church based on what it has to offer, do I like the singing?, what’s the preaching style of the pastor?, are there too many programs? Will I find people in my social class or similar tastes ? But is that really what church is all about?

Perhaps when you are looking for a church to join. The first question should be: Why do I want to be part of a church to begin with?

Why do you go to church ?

Cheers !