i missed church a few times and this is what happens when i go back

If I were god I would not want to be worshipped.....always had trouble with the worship thing. Ego. Nothing but trouble.

woah thats crazy. i grew up a catholic too. im a female in my 20s and shes one of my peers. it wasnt any of the leaders in church they were nice, its just this one girl that says she has visions from the holy spirit and thats what she came up with. i can only assume it was because i missed for a month

AMEN brother!!!

I wish you a life FILLED with "GOOD FORTUNE"

The word Church in the bible is ekklesia, which simply means those 'called out'.

According to scripture, christians are supposed to associate with likeminded believers for the purpose of encouraging and teaching one another (remember, in the first century, christians were being chased and murdered in mass, and needed the support of one another). This was called the 'love feast'.

The assemblies of today operate nothing like those of the first century, and are actually Pagan in origin... check out a book titled 'Pagan Christianity: Exploring the roots of our church practices' ( [link to www.amazon.com] ) which outlines these facts.

The five steps to being a modern christian.

1)First ya have to say a sinners prayer.

2)Then you have to go to church three times a week(At least)..each time giving ten percent of whats in your wallet to the fat dude up the front who drives luxury cars and lives in a mansion.

3)Then you have to learn to hate everyone else thats NOT a fundie seeing them as doomed and not worth your trouble to love or help or feed..as ALL your time and money gets dedicated to the fat greedy pastor up the front..

4)After a while you have to learn to HATE all other fundies or denominations with a PASSION and see THEM as wrong and DOOMED as well..if they so much as disagree with your denominations view on what day to worship..or what to eat..or the rapture debate..or even if adam had a belly button. (Ive seen churches coime apart over this..seriously)

5)You also must LOOK like the world...dress like the world..act like the world...set your church up to look like a rock concert hall..and fornicate and divorce and sleep around with all the women in the church..all the while condemning others of the world who do this. In short..you have to be as CLOSE as possible to what the world IS..but EXCUSE all your "Sins" with the "Im not perfect..just forgiven CRAP"

After doing all of this..THEN..you just might..according to THEM..be worthy of heaven.

i think God appreciates it though. i dont mind

Text back and ask if the following topic is true and what their stance is

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Chances are that your cell phone number will never be bothered with unwanted messages

Go out into the woods alone, sit in nature and listen to your heart, you will then know what is correct.

I think they mistake themselves for God, which would be blasphemy, dear.

I am not going to a church right now, but I believe I have a very close relationship with God.

Choosing a church family's way does not equate choosing God's way. It's unfortunate that many church families are not necessarily healthy families. I think God knows that. For some of us who have unhealthy psychological issues from the past, it is safer not to stay involved with a physical church group.

I understand what you are feeling and I'm sorry you are going through it.

OP, when anyone tells you that you 'must' surrender without question to anything at all, what they really mean is that you should surrender to them and what they want. There are no exceptions; it's true in every case. Always run from anybody who wants to deprive you of your own choice about how you spend your time.

I read a really good book once about being a spritual person vs a organized church goer. It said in a nutshell that most of us tend to think of the regular church goers as having the inside track on all things spritual, but we should really look at the church as a sort of hospital for the spritually sick and weak. Its good to go every once in awhile to get a tune up, but there is nothing wrong with seeking God outside of a building for long periods of time.

I concur... AMEN TO THIS.

Amen, this is the truth, especially in your personal relationship with God

Don't go back. You can have a great life without a church. I have. My church was a curse. Just pray and still believe. You will be fine!

thats stuff is not going on in my church.

I know where you are coming from. I was forced to attend Catholic church as a child and being forced to subscribe to a set and rigid belief system by these individuals and church-goers that I did not personally know - it NEVER resonated with me. By age 13 I finally convinced my parents to stop forcing me to attend and I never looked back. I was a well-behaved kid with good manners and a sense of integrity but no part of being indoctrinated at a formal church ever felt 'right' to me.

Ask yourself, what if it's your intuition urging you to stop attending? Why should you feel 'fear' over this and what about these circumstances would encourage others to spread 'fear' if you were to stop partaking? Think about that.

I'm still having some difficulty understanding why you feel compelled to go and 'worship'. Is there an underlying fear of rejection by some of your relatives or other important people in your life? There is absolutely nothing wrong with your feelings on this subject matter. If anything it's the people who would JUDGE you over this that need to change their way of thinking and not you.

i dont think it should be but is it possible that the vision is true and God feels like i need to make a choice and be more disciplined in going?

Going by that text message you got..at least SOME of it is.

Thats why I dont go to church anymore..for the same reason you dont.

Sick of the satanic evil black hearted manipulation.

if i believe that Jesus saved me from my night terrors and he suffered on the cross so that i could get into heaven even though i am imperfect and i sin, worshipping is not a negative thing.

I'm just gonna say one thing here.....some may disagree or think this is wrong, but consider this. Do you believe our relationship to God is personal? If so......why would it matter HOW we formed that relationship? Why would it matter if we went to church on Sundays or what churches we went to at that? Why would it matter if we believed in Jesus, or if we believed the Bible or any type of dogmatic belief system?

Personal means exactly that, PERSONAL. If you have to believe as someone else does, it ceases to be personal anymore.

Just my two cents here.......take them as you will.

thats too passive agressive for me lol

Thank god for phones otherwise you may not have gotten the message

Kick the dust from your feet and leave.

Church?

so you dont think that someone that was disciplined to the Lord and attended church would have favor in Gods eyes over someone that didnt? i mean i think we can all agree that by the bibles standards not everyone will be making it to heaven so who will?

oh but if that is not your belief then it conveniently doesnt matter

Have you stopped to consider that it wasn't the NAME that saved you, but rather that you prayed at all?? That you could have used any other name as an attempt to reach God and you would have STILL been heard? We put so much emphasis on names, WHAT we call God, when in reality it makes no difference. People of all cultures and faiths experience healings and positive vibes through prayer, are they all wrong except for one in how they do it?? No they're not.

It's not about the name.....it's that we reach out at all that matters. It's the entire reason why if someone looks for God they will find it, no matter WHAT place they look. God is there for all, not just for some, and if you seek it you WILL find it.

lol

OP, God doesn't keep score.