At times, we can prepare as spectators. We come mainly to watch, not participate. We come with the expectation, spoken or assumed, that everyone else needs to make sure we have a good time.We come as spectators, expecting to be served.

                     How we prepare for our Sunday gatherings is directly related to how much we benefit from our time together in Church.

          For some, we prepare for our Sunday gathering as workers, We make sure we leave on time. Our mind is filled with logistics and details. We remind ourselves how important our role is, Preparing to meet with our church becomes an assessment of what we need to do rather than an excitement for how God might meet us.

                Every time we gather as a church, God will speak to us as his word is preached, sung, read, and studied. Hearing from God is a weighty and glorious thing. Just read Exodus 19–20.

 "An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your

burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen.

In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you."  (Exodus 20:24, NKJV)

               To see God for who he is, to be overwhelmed by his greatness and holiness, to experience his presence, to see his boundless love and mercy, to encounter what should make our hearts tremble. Through Jesus, we can boldly come and receive (Hebrews 10:19–22).

"Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 

by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,

 and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,

having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water." (Hebrews 10:19–22, NKJV)

               When God reveals himself to us, things happen. Experiencing God leads us to respond (Isaiah 6:8). Rather than being a spectator or a passive participant, our hearts are moved to worship because we have once again seen the beauty, greatness, holiness, mercy, and love of our God.

So how do you prepare to go to church This Sunday?

#Have a blessed Sunday

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