https://dashhouse.com/dont-cancel-your-church-services/
Gee I am 100% in biblical agreement with Mr.Dash because the church I am attending with my family decided to cancel Sunday’s services because of New Years and never in my 35 years as a Christian first time ever I experienced this..
the churches I was in had somewhat Similar occasions to this for other special services but we either :
1: rent a temporary space for the day (in the reality that today churches rent spaces and cannot afford their own building are at the mercy of their landlord even if it is a church -it’s still full of redeemed sinners prone to rivalries,jealousies and mafia family mentality especially when a new church rents their space and are more successful thus the mafia mentality May claim their hearts and minds to think this is my territory go find your own and may put up obstacles…..When they have forgotten that it is not they that have the throne of the kingdom -But they all serve the only one that is:Christ and Christ alone)….
2:combined services with another church
Gee come to think of it I just can’t fathom in my wildest thoughts God saying let’s take a break this Sunday or we won’t meet because the landlord needs the space…Especially Sunday the Lords day He appointed He consecrated……He created-
His special day out of seven to worship Him specifically as we begin another week with our hearts minds lives drawing grace for whatever life would throw our way that week be it good or bad or both…
Gee then I realized this: the first and last Sunday is a macrocosm of mans microcosm of his relationship with God:
Gee i just can’t fathom in my wildest thoughts God saying let’s take a break this Sunday or we won’t meet because the landlord needs the space…Especially Sunday the Lords day He appointed He consecrated He created-
His special day out of seven to worship Him specifically as we begin another week with our hearts minds lives drawing grace for whatever life would throw our way that week be it good or bad or both…
Till this day I found it spiritually abnormal or Ripley’s believe or not odd at worst
And strange and uncomfortable at best
And Like Spider-Man’s spidey sense
https://cheezburger.com/7802424832/spidey-sense-is-tingling#utm_source=social-share&utm_medium=email
my spiritual discernment was going off at a alarming rate something was definitely wrong-leaving me spiritually unease with this decision…
Gee further then I realized this: the first and last Sunday is a macrocosm of mans microcosm of his relationship with God:
-Our life and death:
First created By the Lord for life(morningTime of a person)
Second the individual walking with God(evening)
Third the individual falling asleep resting or not resting in the Lord(night)
And Lastly waking up in the morning again for the believer in the power of Christ’s resurrection for heavenly bliss and service-for the rest that died without Christ for eternal destruction and punishment…
-You begin the day waking up with God
You continue walking with God during the day
Asking God for not only grace but wisdom to apply your christains faith at work,school,etc.
and other everyday events that life may throw out at you likewise
-You begin the year with God as The Church
You continue the year walking with God as The Church
And end the year(New Years eve) with God as The Church
Psalm 143:8, “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my soul”
Psalm 91:
He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and [b]buckler.
5
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6
Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
Valley of Vision the book:
BLESSED CREATOR,
Thou hast promised thy beloved sleep;
Give me restoring rest needful for
tomorrow’s toil;
If dreams be mine,
let them not be tinged with evil.
Let thy Spirit make my time of repose
a blessed temple of his holy presence.
May my frequent lying down make me familiar
with death,
the bed I approach remind me of the grave,
the eyes I now close picture to me their
final closing.
Keep me always ready, waiting for admittance
to thy presence.
Weaken my attachment to earthly things.
May I hold life loosely in my hand,
knowing that I receive it on condition
of its surrender;
As pain and suffering betoken transitory health,
may I not shrink from a death that introduces me
to the freshness of eternal youth.
I retire this night in full assurance of one day
awaking with thee.
All glory for this precious hope,
for the gospel of grace,
for thine unspeakable gift of Jesus,
for the fellowship of the Trinity.
Withhold not thy mercies in the night season;
thy hand never wearies,
thy power needs no repose,
thine eye never sleeps.
Help me when I helpless lie,
when my conscience accuses me of sin,
when my mind is harassed by foreboding
thoughts,
when my eyes are held awake by personal
anxieties.
Show thyself to me as the God of all grace,
love and power;
thou hast a balm for every wound,
a solace for all anguish,
a remedy for every pain,
a peace for all disquietude.
Permit me to commit myself to thee
awake or asleep.
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Compassionate Lord, Thy mercies have brought me to the dawn of another day. Vain will be its gift unless I grow in grace, increase in knowledge, ripen for spiritual harvest. Let me this day know Thee as Thou art, love Thee supremely, serve Thee wholly, admire Thee fully. Through grace let my will respond to Thee, knowing that power to obey is not in me, but that Thy free love alone enables me to serve Thee. Here then is my empty heart, overflow it with Thy choicest gifts; here is my blind understanding, chase away its mists of ignorance.
O ever watchful Shepherd, lead, guide, tend me this day; without Thy restraining rod I err and stray. Hedge up my path lest I wander into unwholesome pleasure, and drink its poisonous streams; direct my feet that I be not entangled in Satan’s secret snares, nor fall into his hidden traps. Defend me from assailing foes, from evil circumstances, from myself. My adversaries are part and parcel of my nature; they cling to me as my very skin; I cannot escape their contact. In my rising up and sitting down they barnacle me; they entice with constant baits; my enemy is within the citadel. Come with almighty power and cast him out, pierce him to death, and abolish in me every particle of carnal life this day.
O God the author of all good, I come to You for the grace another day will require for its duties and events. I step out into a wicked world; I carry about with me an evil heart. I know that without You I can do nothing, that everything with which I shall be concerned, however harmless in itself, may prove an occasion of sin or folly, unless I am kept by Your power. Hold me up and I shall be safe.
Preserve my understanding from subtilty of error, my affections from love of idols, my character from stain of vice, my profession from every form of evil. May I engage in nothing in which I cannot implore Your blessing, and in which I cannot invite Your inspection. Prosper me in all lawful undertakings, or prepare me for disappointments. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny You and say, Who is the Lord? or be poor, and steal, and take Your name in vain.
May every creature be made good to me by prayer and Your will. Teach me how to use the world and not abuse it, to improve my talents, to redeem my time, to walk in wisdom toward those without, and in kindness to those within, to do good to all men, and especially to my fellow Christians. And to You be the glory.
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And I agree again with Mr.Dash
That it attacks directly Gods teaching on the church
And sets a precedent for further moving away to embrace judges 17:6 spawn of wandering from Gods word: our heavenly compass not only for individuals but corporately for the church…this is engrained since eve changed added to His word when she said :
Dotting biblical history from Aaron’s sons:
Leviticus 10
1
Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to his command.
2
So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.
To the Golden Calf:(and beyond)
Exodus 32:1–35
So these shenanigans no longer surprise me in fact nothing surprises me no more but the grief I feel remains vigorously constant…
https://www.gty.org/library/topical-series-library/325/Strange-Fire-Conference?utm_content=buffer1ec54&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer
http://www.piratechristian.com/museum-of-idolatry/2018/5/finding-god-at-beyonce-mass
