I don’t worship at a “mega church” but they seem to be more and more common these days. I must admit, there are many enticing features that generate a pull for me. But when I walk into my own average-sized church, it feels like home. Isn't that what we are looking for, regardless of size? No matter how you decorate it, add onto it or the numbers that fill it, size has nothing to do with the feeling you get of walking in to worship with your church family on a Sunday morning and feel the Holy Spirit among you in the pews. Our email Bible group is reading about the building of Solomon’s temple this week and we were musing over the magnificence of it…GOLD nails, for heaven’s sake! I love what my friend said:
Wherever you worship or pray becomes magnificent by the faith in your heart.
So whether your church struggles to make ends meet or has a bounteous budget, it really doesn’t matter unless the folks in the pews are working to build that magnificent faith in their own hearts and in the heart of their community. Now that’s the kind of MEGA I’m talkin’ about!
4 comments:
I like the open doors on your church picture, MJ!
Thank you for noticing that small detail - it was an important one!!
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How true Mary, the open door is important. Churches can decorate, build and entertain all they like but if the door isn't open it fails the biblical sniff test!!
The reason you are content in your church is because you have your priority right... you go to Worship God with other believers rather than seeking something for yourself. I find it ironic that so many churches and members today want to build "family life centers" when it seems to me the real family "life" center is at the foot of the Cross.
Wow, what a different point of view. I'm part of the 2nd largest church in Bloemfontein, Christian Revival Church, and it does get lonely sometimes. (you don't greet people; people don't recognize you, etc.)
Yet it's important to keep your priorities straight and remember what it's really about: worshipping God.
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