I believe in being faithful to your local assembly, and I know that there is very good reasons that you have to miss from time to time...but as a Pastors wife I have heard alot of different excuses as to why so and so was going to miss Church.
I do believe I have heard the best of the best.
But I would like to hear from others what excuses they have heard or maybe even given as an excuse.
The dog ate my homework, oops wrong thread.
I have nothing to wear...............
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
__________________ You can't reach the world with your talents. People are sick and tired of religious talents. People need a Holy Ghost annointed church with real fruits to reach out and touch their lives. ~ Pastor Burrell Crabtree
In fact I think that the insinuation of "hateful" Pentecostals is coming mostly from the fertile imaginations of bitter, backslidden ex Apostolics who are constantly trying to find a way to justify their actions. ~ strait shooter
I believe in being faithful to your local assembly, and I know that there is very good reasons that you have to miss from time to time...but as a Pastors wife I have heard alot of different excuses as to why so and so was going to miss Church.
I do believe I have heard the best of the best.
But I would like to hear from others what excuses they have heard or maybe even given as an excuse.
Excuse me? We have to give excuses for missing church? I'm sorry but I have a BIG problem with that kind of control issue.
If you think there is a problem with their relationship with the Lord and that is why they are staying home, then IN LOVE approach them about that and see if there is anything you can do to help.
If you think there is a problem with their relationship with the church and that is why they are staying home, then IN LOVE approach them about that and see what can be done to help.
But to tell people that they have to give an excuse to miss church............ I'm sorry, but that kind of thing makes me crazy!
Excuse me? We have to give excuses for missing church? I'm sorry but I have a BIG problem with that kind of control issue.
If you think there is a problem with their relationship with the Lord and that is why they are staying home, then IN LOVE approach them about that and see if there is anything you can do to help.
If you think there is a problem with their relationship with the church and that is why they are staying home, then IN LOVE approach them about that and see what can be done to help.
But to tell people that they have to give an excuse to miss church............ I'm sorry, but that kind of thing makes me crazy!
This thread was just to give us a light hearted change.
If you go back and read from the beginning there's nothing in it that said we demand that they call..It's not control...it is common courtesy.
Excuse me? We have to give excuses for missing church? I'm sorry but I have a BIG problem with that kind of control issue.
If you think there is a problem with their relationship with the Lord and that is why they are staying home, then IN LOVE approach them about that and see if there is anything you can do to help.
If you think there is a problem with their relationship with the church and that is why they are staying home, then IN LOVE approach them about that and see what can be done to help.
But to tell people that they have to give an excuse to miss church............ I'm sorry, but that kind of thing makes me crazy!
Margie, Your post is as far as I got and since you said it so well, I will just say AMEN!
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
Excuse me? We have to give excuses for missing church? I'm sorry but I have a BIG problem with that kind of control issue.
If you think there is a problem with their relationship with the Lord and that is why they are staying home, then IN LOVE approach them about that and see if there is anything you can do to help.
If you think there is a problem with their relationship with the church and that is why they are staying home, then IN LOVE approach them about that and see what can be done to help.
But to tell people that they have to give an excuse to miss church............ I'm sorry, but that kind of thing makes me crazy!
AMEN !!!
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God has lavished his love upon me.
Excuse me? We have to give excuses for missing church? I'm sorry but I have a BIG problem with that kind of control issue.
If you think there is a problem with their relationship with the Lord and that is why they are staying home, then IN LOVE approach them about that and see if there is anything you can do to help.
If you think there is a problem with their relationship with the church and that is why they are staying home, then IN LOVE approach them about that and see what can be done to help.
But to tell people that they have to give an excuse to miss church............ I'm sorry, but that kind of thing makes me crazy!
It's not about control, but about accountability. It is part of the fabric that keeps us close to the church and to the Lord. Just ask the AA people.
One story I heard was phoned in by the 13 year old son. "My mom's great aunt tripped over the coffee table, so we can't come to church tonight."
The same kid called another time to say they couldn't come to church because they had no chains for their tires. It was not remotely snowy or icy. Just a little nippy outside.
Hybrid Mode
