I got a question for you today….How EXCITED are you to go to church this Sunday? Think about it…Are you truly excited to go to the HOUSE OF GOD?

If you answer “No” to that, I would think about changing a few things to make your answer “Yes”. The Word of God says that we are not to forsake the gathering of the brethren (or in today’s terms….”Don’t take lightly hanging out with other Christians at Church.”). At SouthView, we have been studying the importance of the “House of God” and how as Christians, we need to belong to a church to truly be a believer. See a “believer” belongs to something. I would hope that if you belong to something, you like going and serving at that place.

I can’t wait for Sunday morning…yeah, I’m the pastor and I’m supposed to say that, but seriously I really enjoy hanging out with the people that come to our church. We are still small in number so the people that come out, I know many of them pretty well. But does that have to change as a church grows? Well, sure, if you are running 500 people, can you possibly know them all? I say, probably not, but I’m looking forward to trying!! I love getting to know new people. What better place to find people with the same desires than the local church!

God wants you to base your deep relationships in the Church. The local Church (house) should be the epic-center of our relationships. Just like I hope your best relationships are started in your own “House”, God wants our other great relationships to come out of His “HOUSE”.

I want to encourage you to find a way to enjoy going to church. Maybe you need to look for another place to attend? Maybe your attitude is wrong and you are not willing to open up. Maybe you are attending for the wrong reason instead of going to honor and worship the God of the Universe? Maybe you need to look at the church differently than just a place to go when you have free time or on holidays, weddings and funerals. Maybe it’s time to come into the HOUSE and be part of the family.

M