| Will attending Church keep your from growing | | | | me hot. |
| "spiritually cold"? | | | | I was basically coerced/forced into going by my |
| Will it keep you "on fire for God" like your pastors, | | | | parents... and I'd get there and day dream or draw or |
| teachers, preachers and leaders keep telling you? | | | | whatever and never pay attention except to feel guilty |
| Read this article NOW for the truth! | | | | about all the stuff I wasn't doing for God (it's funny |
| Lots of pastors talk about spiritually "hot" and "cold" | | | | how the creator of all created things needed my help |
| Christians. | | | | so much back then... but I digress!) |
| That Christians grow "cold" when they're not in church... | | | | You know when it changed? |
| regularly praying... having devotion time... reading the | | | | Christ is the answer... |
| Bible... a whole list of religious duties. | | | | When I was around 17 and I discovered the "rest of |
| This lie is often told by the following example: | | | | the gospel".... when I discovered grace... was brought to |
| "Christians are spiritually hot, on fire for God, and | | | | tears by it... when my consciousness was raised |
| they're like a bunch of coals on a fire... now if you take | | | | because I discovered just how much God LOVED |
| one coal and set it off of the fire, all by itself then it will | | | | me... how much GRACE, mercy and LOVE He poured |
| grow cold because it's not getting the heat from all the | | | | out on me. And just like scripture says I started loving |
| other hot coals"and that's how they justify going to | | | | God because He first loved me. |
| church because the other Christians will keep you "hot" | | | | Then I couldn't get enough of church. I would drive |
| and you won't grow "cold" for God. | | | | there and want to be there even if no one from my |
| Getting and staying "hot for God" has nothing to do | | | | family showed up. It wasn't a chore anymore... it wasn't |
| with Church attendance... | | | | a duty... it was something I WANTED to do. |
| Let me reveal the truth: I've been going to Church | | | | So the idea that going to church will keep you from |
| since I was just a wee little tike. And it NEVER kept | | | | growing cold is a LIE. |