BBD 08.04.21 The Benefits of Church (Classic)
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Classic from 2002
The Burning Bush Devotional
04 August 2021
The Benefits of Church
These
things I write to you though I hope to come to you shortly; but if I am
delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the
house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of
the truth. - 1 Timothy 3:14-15.
There
are so many wonderful benefits from church attendance that it would be
difficult to list them all. So many people that I talk to say that they just do
not have time for church because of the busy lives they lead. However, if they
could somehow comprehend the benefits church provides for them, they would
never miss a service. Taking a few hours, a week to attend church services will
when done faithfully bring order and coherence to every area of our lives.
Instead of taking away time from us church attendance brings quality to every
hour we live.
One of
the more recent studies demonstrating the importance of church attendance is a
Canadian psychiatric study. The study measured the impact of religious
commitment with psychiatric patients. The results demonstrated that those
patients “who worshipped more often also benefited
more.” The study was published in the March
28, 2002, issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.
Dr.
Marilyn Baetz, the professor who conducted the study,
said, “regular worship helps in regulating
behavior problems plus a sense of coherence and meaning to life - an important
factor in overall treatment.”
The
apostle Paul writing to Timothy also describes the importance of the church.
The church is “the pillar and ground of
the truth.” To take the church out of your life or
to leave the church out is to leave out the “truth.” In many ways leaving the church out is
to leave out the spiritual reality or truth of every situation and
circumstance. However, when we include truth, the church, we can sense a “meaning” and “coherence” in every
area of our lives.
Once
you establish the habit of church attendance you will never want to abandon it
because you will know the difference that it makes for you and your family. Let
us not forsake the assembling of ourselves together (Hebrews 10:25) as the church of the
Living God.
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