Nothing like my church family

March 25, 2003

Having a church family to pray for myself and my family means so much to me. 

Just knowing that the elders get together everyday to pray for the church and it's members means to me; my church family loves me and cares for me.

My husband and I parted from the first church that we belonged to after rededicating our lives to the Lord, the doctrine we learned went against our belief. Being new in the Lord, looking back now, I feel we became members to hastily.

The time we were not members of a church was quite scary to us. We felt disconnected , we did not like the feeling what so ever.

We are still not as involved in church ( as members) as much as the Lord would have us to be. We go on Sundays and Wednesdays and do a few extra things, but God keeps speaking to our spirits to do more. 

My husband and I come from a selfish alcoholic background, that we constantly talk among ourselves as to how to shake that selfish attitude with our time. Time to us seems like gold, when we know it should not be that way, we struggle daily to give of ourselves to other things other than to just each other and ourselves. We find it sometimes so hard to separate from each other. We offer each other comfort of  knowing who each other really is.

Growing in the Lord is a wonderful exciting experience. Satan doesn't want us to do that. So he is constantly throwing stones at us. Reminding us of our backgrounds, and putting obstacles in our way. We have to be strong and take a stand to get out of our complacency to just stay at home in our own little world.

Belonging to the church that my husband and I do has shown us the love of Jesus, and the love of Jesus though other believers. I could not imagine our life without belonging to a church family. It is good for believers to account for and be accounted for. We must all constantly spur each other on. 

~God wants us to be part of a fellowship with other believers~ Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another all the more as you see the Day approaching.

The Lord also tells us to leave the elementary teachings behind and go on to maturity. I believe in my heart of hearts, in my spirit, God is telling me if I don't get out of that complacency I won't continue growing in Christ the way He wants me to. I won't learn the life lessons he so lovingly wants to guide me through.

Are you being complacent? Thank you Lord for this devotion today. Thank you for speaking to my heart, and showing me my error of complacency.