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If the grand and great doctrine of the Church tells us anything, it tells us that whoever you are and however busy you may be (whether Kenya’s President, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a Multi billion business executive, or leader of a parachurch organization), the Church must be at the very center of your life. Church hitchhiking is an aberration! And so is mild commitment. Men, honestly, are you a hitchhiker, kind of a “free agent” looking for a tentative place on the roster, here for a season, there for another?
If so, you will never attain to your full spiritual manhood, nor will your family reach its spiritual maturity. Men, at the end of the twentieth century both the Church and the lost world need men who practice the discipline of Church.
The Discipline of Regular Attendance: As part of this matter, you need to commit yourself to regularly attend the worship services of your church. Your schedule ought to bow to your commitment. When you travel, you ought to attempt to schedule yourself to be back for church, and if that is impossible, attend elsewhere while you are on the road.
The Discipline of Membership: If you are not a church member, you need to covenant before God to find a good church, join it, and commit yourself to supporting her and submitting to her discipline.
The Discipline of Giving : Your financial support of a local church should take precedence over your parachurch commitments. This should be regular and systematic (10 percent is a good starting-point).
The Discipline of Participation: Your time, talents, expertise, and creativity must be poured into your church, to the glory of God.
The Discipline of Love and Prayer : Timothy Dwight, heir to the Puritans and the greatest president of Yale University, penned these beautiful words:
“I love Thy Church, O God! Her walls before Thee stand.
Dear as the apple of Thine eye. And graven on Thy hand.
For her my tears shall fall;For her my prayers ascend;
To her my cares and toils be giv’n, Till toils and cares shall end.”
Ask yourself: Why is the idea of church so unpopular today? Why are more people NOT interested in attending a good church? Meditate deeply, and consider Hebrews 12:22-24, what spiritual treasures are found in the church? Put these in your own words, then thank God for each one of them.
HALELUJAH: GOD IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL
References:
The Living Bible
Discipline of a Godly Man( Book by Kent Hughes)
Evangelist Eric Musa:
(My message continuously: If you are not saved: Believe, accept, receive and confess Christ Jesus as your Lord and Saviour and be filled with the Holy Spirit, as it is written; “NOW is the acceptable time, TODAY is the day of SALVATION.- 2 Cor 6:2”. For prayers, devotion, and to support the ministry contact Evangelist on +254722157300 ( Email: EMEA.ericmusa@gmail.com). Remember, God Loves you and I unconditionally, perfectly and always: SHALOM
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