Going to Church Alone is for You, But Don't Bring the Church Home with You

If your church attendance isn't rocking the boat at home, then do go.  If you aren't one for bringing the pastor and all religion related stuff home with you, then by all means visit.  However, if the self-righteousness, pride, and ugliness keeps showing up in your home after attending church sessions, you have to know that you might have something to do with it.

Unbelievers don't like Christians--that is a fact.  They tolerate believers especially outspoken ones.  They know that the Christian's goal is to recruit.  Many unsaved folks know what the Bible says and they also have their personal issues with the Bible and the believers as well.  Yet, what the saved, sanctified and Holy Ghost egoist does is blab too much about what he or she received at the church, rather than be silent and let his or her light shine on the whole household.

Attending church is always a good thing when people are doing it for the right reasons, but it can turn into a bad thing when believers are using church visiting as a weapon against one's family.

"I'm going to church this Sunday--I am going to pray fire comes down on everyone who is messing with me at home!...Lord, you know I'm tired of them folks not wanting to go to church with me...they need to be here and listen!" 

So the fired up believer heads back home ready to change some minds and hearts while losing sight that the visit was for he or she and not for the family.  Now sometimes things do change in the atmosphere at home as a result of something being said or done, but typically the change is temporal.  Then the family drama arises again and again while no one in the household progresses.

When one attends church alone, he or she is doing it for self.  Through those services, if done as God wills, in time the visitor or member will be inspired to do something life-changing even if family and friends don't want to visit or join one's church.

Nicholl McGuire