Scripture Reference:
1Peter 2:4-10 and 2Timothy 2:2
People have some funny ideas about church.
The first one is that church is a building. It’s not.
The second is that church is a business that sells a product
called God to the people who come. It’s
not.
The third that going to church is just showing up on a
Sunday morning. It’s not
It’s about living together in that messy, knocked-around,
whoops-I-made-a-mistake, let-me-help-you-up-when-you-fall, kind of way.
Peter calls us living stones, being built into a spiritual
house with Christ as the cornerstone:
The Church!
Like the toy bricks that you had as a kid, we build upon
each other to be a wall. We are strong
because we stand together and we stand with Christ.
The church is US!
Why are you here? Why
do you come to church on Sunday? Why
should you make it a priority to be together with your church family every
week?
The answer is simple:
We are stronger together. We
encourage each other. We build each
other up. The strong among us today help
the weak. And tomorrow, when we
struggle, they will be strong to help us.
Church isn’t about habit.
It’s not about business. It’s not
about going to a building because that’s what your parents did? It’s about people.
Let me encourage you to make Sunday morning a priority. Be here with your family through thick and
thin. Build them up and you’ll find that
they build you up too.
Life is a Journey.
You don’t have to walk alone.
That’s why you are here.
Pastor Rodger
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