Christian Disciplines

There are so many things that the Word of God mentions for us to practice as Christians. These things include prayer, and going to church or meeting to share testimonies and the Word of God.

There is however a wrong direction that the Church is taking. There is no longer seriousness in these disciplines. People now think of it as "cool" something that we do in order for other people to see. The church now looks like the World. We compete on how we pray, we compete on how we attend church and we compete on all other Christian disciplines. I wonder why? is it because it makes us feel better about ourselves, better than other people?

This behavior causes us to be judgmental and think God is pleased with us. Today I just want to encourage everyone that God is more important that all the other things that we Christian do like Church, Prayer, tithes e.t.c Let us pray for the right reasons, Let us tithe for the right reasons, let us go to church for the right reasons and that is to build a relationship with the Lord Jesus. To grow in our spiritual walk and not to show off or to appear "cool".

Luke 18: 10-14: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.