Feeling Detached

I miss the LCC family pretty bad. I have been away from our church family for three weeks. Lisa and I were on vacation for two weeks, returning last Sunday. Then on Monday (My Birthday) I was picked to be on a jury and have been sitting in a court room in Ft. Worth all week. I miss my church family. I miss the holy experience that comes from worshiping God as a part of God's family. I can't wait for Sunday morning. I am looking forward to being with my LIFE Group on Sunday night. I feel so detached.

I often say that if a person or family misses church for several weeks there is a good chance they won't be coming back. Not because they are mad or don't like the church any more, it is because they get detached, disconnected. One week of absence may make the heart grow fonder, but the longer one is away the more detached one becomes. Being absent from the gathering together of God's family really effects one's spiritual life. We are designed, and the church is designed for us, to get the most out of our relationship with God when we are together. The church is God's plan. Anyone who tells you they can stay away from God's family and still be close to God is in denial. The devil wants us away from God's family, because he knows it makes us spiritually weak.

Be careful! Watch out for attacks from the Devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour. 1 Peter 5:8

If you have been out of church for a while. Go back to church this Sunday. It may be hard the first Sunday to get up and not sleep in, but it will be worth it. Go and experience the power of God's presence that comes when His people gather to worship Him.

For where two or three gather together because they are mine, I am there among them." Matt 18:20

Wow.....What an awesome God.....I can't wait to experience Him with you.....

Serving you in Him
Royal