Why is it easier for folks to wake up, not feel good and go to Work But Miss Church??

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by mizpeh

I agree. We need each other as the body of Christ. We are members one of another.

But I know the times I was lax in my walk with God, that I was also lax in going to church. I didn't need anyone to make me feel guilty for not going, either. God would convict me.

Sometimes it is a matter of personal perception too....you can have a church full of people that are happy and just win with it and then there is that one individual that claims the pastor is never friendly to them or ignores them. I've seen it before and I just have no solution for them. They are dead set in what they believe....the church does not like them or something. Maybe it is true.....maybe they just have a messed up way of viewing others. But if that is the case then perhaps in eithe situation they just need to start over somewhere else

Originally Posted by mizpeh

Or maybe they are being carnal and lazy.

Is that my responsibility or God's to deal with? Should I throw a fit and complain about it?

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by mizpeh

Or maybe they are being carnal and lazy.

Or maybe they are just really sick.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by mizpeh

I agree. We need each other as the body of Christ. We are members one of another.

But I know the times I was lax in my walk with God, that I was also lax in going to church. I didn't need anyone to make me feel guilty for not going, either. God would convict me.

BTW this is part of the problem for some folks. The Pastor is pressuring them...calling all the time, all the time, all the time and has other saints calling that person to come to church and they start to feel suffercated...

Then they fear coming back to church because everyone must thing he is a backslider that needs to spend hours at the alter with everyone laying hands on him begging for mercy for his life and casting out devils

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Or maybe they are just really sick.

Nahhhhhhh

[nahkoe]

Originally Posted by mizpeh

Or maybe they are being carnal and lazy.

Wouldn't that equal struggling?

[Praxeas]

You know....while church is important you aren't gonna lose your soul over missing one service. You might lose part of your paycheck though if you miss work. I think often too the reasoning is they stay home from church to rest up So they CAN go to work the next day....spending 8 hours or more.

[ForeverBlessed]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Or maybe they are just really sick.

yeah, sick and tired of going to church....




lol, JK

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

So then I look at each person in our department, especially those who seem to be losing interest, and I think...okay, what are they interested in? What kind of ministry have they expressed a desire for? And then I set out to create an opportunity for them. Voila! They're right back on board...they were probably just...bored.

At least you didn't just throw up your hands and say they were lazy and were backsliding because they wanted the world...

What you did is very good, Abi. More leadership needs to take the same approach.

Originally Posted by ForeverBlessed

yeah, sick and tired of going to church....




lol, JK

Or THAT church...