Why Attending Church Will NOT Keep You From "Growing Spiritually Cold"

Will attending Church keep your from growingme 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 theChrist 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, andtears by it... when my consciousness was raised
they're like a bunch of coals on a fire... now if you takebecause I discovered just how much God LOVED
one coal and set it off of the fire, all by itself then it willme... how much GRACE, mercy and LOVE He poured
grow cold because it's not getting the heat from all theout on me. And just like scripture says I started loving
other hot coals"and that's how they justify going toGod 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 dofamily 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 ChurchSo the idea that going to church will keep you from
since I was just a wee little tike. And it NEVER keptgrowing cold is a LIE.