It's interesting to me that for some reason some of us go to church to feel good about ourselves. I distinctly remember that when I lived back home in the Valley, every Sunday that I made it to church - I felt very proud. I'd call my best friends and brag, "I went to church today." It was like I felt obligated to go to church to show my love for God. On Sundays for one hour...and I'd leave feeling good about myself and the message I'd hear. I had fulfilled my duty to God; I never practiced what I learned. I lived the rest of the week my own way. What a sad way to live...I realized this years later.
The thing is that going to church does not make you close(r) to God. I sort of think going to church does not make God happy if you feel obligated to go. Now I go to church to worship God, not to get some high for one day. I go, sometimes I feel like going, and sometimes I don't, but nonetheless I go to worship Him.
But the beauty of God is that He designed us to do so much more in addition to going to church to worship Him. Simply by talking to Him, spending time with Him...obeying Him throughout the week, throughout the month, throughout the years of our lives. This is the beauty of God - I believe that worshipping Him at all times other than when you are just in church means so much more.
"May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer." Psalm 19:14
"God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” John 4:24
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