Worship–The Habit of Our Lives
Definitely your Sundays
I’ve got 3 Habits that will radically change your life:
Go into your calendar and block out Sunday morning from 8AM–1PM as a repeating event “CHURCH.” Invite your loved ones to the event. Make it clear that you’re busy that time to yourself. I know you won’t be at church for 5 hours, but you should plan to show up early and stay late. Your spiritual relationships will grow in those margins!
Set a weekly reminder or alarm on Saturday night that allows you to get 8 hours of sleep. You can call it “Rest Up for the Big Lift!” Jesus’ glory is WEIGHTY, my friends. You need all your energy to come in and lift Him high!
Begin writing a single sentence prayer for an opportunity to do spiritual good. “God, would you give me the chance to encourage someone tomorrow?” or “God, would you help me to listen to someone with love tomorrow?” Some weeks you might already know the name. You can read and react… but this will help you show up on Sunday ready to make a spiritual tackle!
Gathering with God’s people for worship should be an in person every week priority for you and your loved ones. This is important enough to make the decision once and then leave the fickle highs and lows of life out of it.
The fitness coaches would tell you the same thing about your physical health– take the decision out of it and enjoy the discipline. You don't need to make a decision tomorrow about whether you feel like working out, you’ve decided you’ll be investing in your physical health at that time every day.
Invest in your spiritual health every Sunday!
Why is Sunday morning worship worth it? That’s what I’m going to ruminate on with you in the next several posts, but here are 6 reasons with passages I want to highlight if you want to get ahead.
We have a responsibility. Galatians 1:8-9 & 1 Corinthians 5:12
We become what we worship. 2 Corinthians 3:18
You need people. Hebrews 3:12–14
People need you. 1 Corinthians 12:12–26
You need shepherding. Hebrews 13:17
You can’t “be the church” without gathering as a church. 1 Corinthians 11:18
I’ll adapt Annie Dillard’s famous words, “How we spend our [Sundays] is, of course, how we spend our lives.”