Top Ten Reasons Not to Attend Worship on Sundays . . .

and here they are . . .
1. The _______________ (insert 'music' and/or 'preaching' and/or 'prayers' and/or 'offering') "just doesn't do it for me".
2. I can worship in other ways.
3. Sunday School class is enough for me.
4. My friends don't go.
5. Sunday is the only time I have to sleep in.
6. My schedule is too busy to make the time.
7. I get bored.
8. It is a waste of my time?
9. My Dallas Cowboys are playing.
And my all-time favorite . . . here it comes . . . are you ready . . . . here goes . . . ............
10. God is not the center of the universe. I am.

Nobody ever says that, of course, they say they other nine -- and other excuses that are equally as self focused, which is the point.
Do you see that the common denominator in all those reasons is "I", "me", or "my"?

Now, granted, there are good reasons for not attending worship on Sundays. But they usually have little to do with "I," "me," or "my" and more to do with care for others: jobs through which we provide for our family; illness; care of sick friends, relatives, doing/caring for others in general, of course.
What we really need to face is our own 'why' -- squarely, and honestly.
So, I ask you --
Think about it.
Just think about it.
Where are you in/on this top ten list, if you are even on it?
Is the last reason really the first reason not to make time for what we are called to do FIRST AND FOREMOST, what we were CREATED TO DO?????
. . . And that is worship the Living God who saves us and makes us healed and whole.

Talk amongst yourselves on this one . . . and I'll see you in worship this Sunday.
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