Sunday is usually the day many attend worship services in the various monothesitic religious faiths. Sunday fellowship is a great way to share common beliefs, interests, or experiences with one another. For many of us, attending Sunday worship services is a way for us to release the stressors of the week prior and get ready for the week ahead. For some it's the singing of the choir, for other's it's the preaching of the preacher or the fellowship with other members. Whatever the reason you attend Sunday service--most would agree that attending Sunday service brings them joy and satisfaction.
Sunday service also gives the believer an awesome reminder--in the words of the late Bernie Mac, when he asks "Who ya wit?'" And the crowd says Bernie Mac! Let's switch it around "Who ya wit," and we say "God!.'" The idea that God is with us twenty-four hours, seven days a week for three hundred and sixty-five days a year is an awesome reminder! It not only provides us with joy and satisfaction on Sunday, but provides us with joy and satisfaction daily, in knowing that God is with us always! It also lets us know, although it is good for us to attend Sunday service that we must carry God with us everyday. We can't be the type of believers "that are saints on Sunday but act hellish on the other days of the week." When we carry God with us daily--we then become reflections of His presence in our lives. Whether you attend Sunday service regularly or not, you must always be aware of your duty to God and know that He is there with us every step of the way. Hence the poem "Footprints in the Sand."
Furthermore, the "House (Spirit or Kingdom) of God is within in you!'" (1 Cor 3:16, Luke 17:21). We must never loose sight of that statement because we dutifully attend temple, church, or mosque. "True circumcision is something that happens deep in your heart, not something done to your body. And besides, you should want praise from God and not from humans." (Romans 2:29). God dwells in the heart of a believer for a reason and that is we must never forget that, "The entire human race was created to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever." "For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything" and we must honor Him as such (Hebrews 3:4). "Behold, how good and how plesant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity," in the House of the Lord (Psalm 133:1). In closing, to put in modern hip-hop terms "God is down with us 24/7/365, so don't trip, God's gotcha!'"
Scriptural & Literary Support:
Psalm 133:1 (21KJV) -Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.
Romans 2:29 (CEV) -To be a real Jew you must obey the Law. True circumcision is something that happens deep in your heart, not something done to your body. And besides, you should want praise from God and not from humans.
Hebrews 3:4-6 (NIV) -For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house, testifying to what would be said in the future. But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. And we are his house, if we hold on to our courage and the hope of which we boast.
1 Cor 3:16 (CEV) -All of you surely know that you are God's temple and that his Spirit lives in you. 1 Cor 6:19 (CEV) -You surely know that your body is a temple where the Holy Spirit lives. The Spirit is in you and is a gift from God. You are no longer your own. 2 Cor 16:6 (CEV) -Do idols belong in the temple of God? We are the temple of the living God, as God himself says, "I will live with these people and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people."
Luke 17:21 (CEV) -There is no use saying, `Look! Here it is' or `Look! There it is.' God's kingdom is here with you."
Al Quran 3:8,29 -Our Lord! make not our hearts to deviate after Thou hast guided us aright, and grant us from Thee mercy; surely Thou art the most liberal Giver... Say: Whether you hide what is in your hearts or manifest it, Allah knows it, and He knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and Allah has power over all things.
Al Quran 16:2 - Say: The Holy spirit has revealed it from your Lord with the truth, that it may establish those who believe and as a guidance and good news for those who submit.
Al Quran 72:14-18 -And that some of us are those who submit, and some of us are the deviators; so whoever submits, these aim at the right way: And as to the deviators, they are fuel of hell: And that if they should keep to the (right) way, We would certainly give them to drink of abundant water, So that We might try them with respect to it; and whoever turns aside from the reminder of his Lord, He will make him enter into an afflicting chastisement: And that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not upon any one with Allah:
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