"If we do not leave church with a strengthened faith, then there is no use attending. Without faith, it is impossible to please God and pleasing Him is the aim of all that we do in His name. "
Jim Cymbala
Breakthrough Prayer p. 187
Zondervan 2003
As For Me
I have to tell you, there are times when I'd love to take those words and run with them. I've read enough of Cymbala, though, that I'm sure he wasn't giving me permission. If he would, Hebrews 10 would not:
"not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another--all the more as you see the Day approaching."
Perhaps if I leave church, without my faith being strengthened, it's because I didn't stop to talk with people afterwards.
Shy and introverted . . . maybe. But still needing my faith strengthened.
Lonnie
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